"When I would fantasize about what I would be when I grow up, it would be an ice skater or a nurse. But I knew I was an actor,"
"It's the easiest kind of role to play, though. There's no crying. There's no heartbreak,"
"There's no -- you come in, you're snarky and mean, you take your wardrobe off, and you go home, and you don't take it home with you."
"I prefer to do what I do because it demands the ability to be comfortable not being liked, and a lot of people are not comfortable with that. I don't care. I don't care what you think of me!"
Jane Elliot has a 60-year career in daytime dramas and has appeared on nine different soap operas, winning an Emmy for Tracy Quartermaine on General Hospital. She began in 1965 on the live serial A Flame in the Wind and worked in primetime and film, including Change of Habit with Elvis Presley and guest spots like Kojak. She originated Tracy Quartermaine in 1978, returning repeatedly and briefly portraying the role on The City. She prefers roles that allow snarky, unlikable behavior without taking emotions home and says the work demands comfort with not being liked.
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