Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf
Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalfis an American actress. She is known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne and has also had series television roles as Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives and Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory. Her motion picture roles include the voice of Mrs. Davis in the Toy Story film series and the character Debbie Loomis/Debbie Salt in Scream 2, as well as roles in such critically acclaimed films as Making Mr. Right,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth16 June 1955
CityCarbondale, IL
CountryUnited States of America
You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV.
One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like.
My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.
I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.
When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.
I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.