I know that they want certain things and they’re in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that.
ADAM RAPPThe stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
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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Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature. It becomes a kind of personal weather system.
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If it weren’t for the smell of death clinging to the walls, you might think it was your family’s turn to host the month neighborhood potluck supper.
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If I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I’d have someone enter with a machine gun.
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The scent goes right to your stomach.
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What I’ve learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.
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I know that something inevitable will happen.
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My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it’s always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.
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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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Snow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
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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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Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart.
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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’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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More often than not, an entropy creeps in that strangles me, and then the inevitable happens.
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