Lindsay Crouse Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Mass․, in 1970
• Worked as a modern and jazz dancer before pursuing a career as an actress
• Quote: "(On working with her then-husband and director David Mamet in the film "House of Games") "It's always hard to be directed by someone who's close to you, because everybody needs to go home and complain about the director․""
• Quote: "For students their job is not to 'believe' that they are their own character․ It is a question of 'how is the character created? what does create the character want?,' not a matter of belief․ I saw once a good actor, who was asked by a cameraman to step two feet further into the room․ She said 'my character wouldn't do that․' I was so appalled․․․We need to understand there is no such person as 'my character․'"