Julie Kavner

thumb|...when people laughed at me when I didn't mean to be funny. I would always hear: 'We're not laughing at you. We're laughing with you.' But I would say, ' I'm not laughing.' thumb|I’m very, very private; I don’t enjoy talking about myself to strangers...Particularly strangers with tapes going. Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress known for her improvisational skills. The voice of Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, Kavner has also appeared in live-action roles in six Woody Allen films. In 1992, she starred in This Is My Life. Quotes I’m very, very private; I don’t enjoy talking about myself to strangers...Particularly strangers with tapes going. Julie Kavner: a Private Person in Many Roles Los Angeles Times (June 15, 1989) I feel that you reach a certain age and then things start to jell. My sense of self is stronger. I'm getting bolder in my old age. After I hit forty, you couldn't mess around with me so much anymore. Julie Kavner: a Private Person in Many Roles Los Angeles Times (June 15, 1989) "'Darling! Listen to Me'" The New York Times (January 26, 1992) I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovable, you can play that person and no one will turn on you. [W]hat I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation As an actor you can't approach the character with that kind of awareness or it plays as 'I hate myself.' Dottie thought she had a right to her life and that was tricky to play. [W]hen I was a kid and I would get upset when people laughed at me when I didn't mean to be funny. I would always hear: 'We're not laughing at you. We're laughing with you.' But I would say, 'I'm not laughing.' Don't ask me about Beverly Hills High School. Everybody hated it. I hated it. Hated it. Hated it. Hated it. External links Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Los Angeles Category:Jewish American actresses Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners Category:Women born in the 1950s