I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
ADAM RAPPI write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
ADAM RAPPMy characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
ADAM RAPPYou want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.
ADAM RAPPIn Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
ADAM RAPPI think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it.
ADAM RAPPIf I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I’d have someone enter with a machine gun.
ADAM RAPPI find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so it’s a lie already at work.
ADAM RAPPYou have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
ADAM RAPPI’ve written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it’s important for people to know that theatre is vital.
ADAM RAPPYou can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.
ADAM RAPPWhen I write, that takes over and I can’t do anything else.
ADAM RAPPI think, for me, when I direct my own work it’s just an extension of the authorship.
ADAM RAPPI know that they want certain things and they’re in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that.
ADAM RAPPThe stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
ADAM RAPPI try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible
ADAM RAPPI began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
ADAM RAPP