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.
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.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn’t intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play
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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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Snow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
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Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
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There’s something exciting about that free fall, but then my life gets really screwed up.
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I’ll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.
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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.
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My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
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When it’s just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.
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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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When I got inside, I just sort of stood there. There’s nothing stranger than the smell of someone else’s house
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Sometimes when I’m directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that’s okay with me.
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In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
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I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
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