There’s only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky.
ADAM RAPPSometimes when I’m directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that’s okay with me.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave.
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I think, for me, when I direct my own work it’s just an extension of the authorship.
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I think I’m a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.
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The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
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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 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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I don’t put big concepts on my work, and it’s all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting them leave.
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You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
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I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused.
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You can’t run forever.
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I know that something inevitable will happen.
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I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible
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You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.
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There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies.
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My work is always more emotional than I am.
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