I don’t like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.
ADAM RAPPI suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort-of narrative and other times they are just funhouses of non-linear imagery and other scary stuff.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I’m a much more practical person in the world,
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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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Somewhere so deep inside that the doctors can’t find it with all their machines and microcameras.
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You can’t run forever.
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I 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.
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I don’t mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart
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I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.
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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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My work is always more emotional than I am.
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I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
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I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren’t going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.
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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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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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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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