My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
ADAM RAPPIce congeals in the stomach. Frost spiderwebs in the lungs.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused.
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I don’t know where the characters are going to go or what’s going to happen.
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It just happens quicker and faster now.
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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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In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
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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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I find that more and more I’m trying to entertain myself when I’m working, because I know the work’s going to go to a horrible place.
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I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.
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You can’t run forever.
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You don’t really develop feelings about a place till you’ve left it. It’s like a girl or a dog.
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Criticism is really unevenly distributed in this town.
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But when I’m writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I’m just impossible to get in touch with, and I don’t spend time with friends.
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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’ve written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it’s important for people to know that theatre is vital.
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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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