I think, for me, when I direct my own work it’s just an extension of the authorship.
ADAM RAPPIf I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I’d have someone enter with a machine gun.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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A typical day for me is I’m writing when I’m not directing.
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Snow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
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Whenever I’ve been in rehearsals, it’s really fun, there’s always laughing.
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Mary’s house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace.
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And there’s nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.
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I know that they want certain things and they’re in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that.
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I feel that I’d rather know an actors’ work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I’ll see them in something and I’ll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.
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When I’m directing, I’m pretty much not writing, but when I’m not directing I am writing a lot.
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I won’t eat right. I forget to do my laundry. I have a dog now, and I have to remember to walk him.
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Somewhere so deep inside that the doctors can’t find it with all their machines and microcameras.
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I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn’t matter.
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I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.
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I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I’m sensitive to it.
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The same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn’t a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they’re not in the sky
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I don’t know if I have the ability to write an ending like My Fair Lady’s, when everyone gets what they want after a few minor conflicts.
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