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I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.

Adam Rapp

When I got inside, I just sort of stood there. There’s nothing stranger than the smell of someone else’s house
ADAM RAPP

House Inside Nothing Oatmeal Smell Stood Stranger
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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Enter Flash Gun Machine Someone Tried
You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
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Escape Much Survive You
I’ve lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.
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Everything Ignore Lost Lot Relationship
I know that something inevitable will happen.
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Happen Inevitable Something Will
There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies.
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Death Move House Moving People Some Unwritten Wall
The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
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Exit High Simple So Someone Stake
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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Ability Conflict Ending Everyone Fair Minor Write
It just happens quicker and faster now.
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Faster Happen Just Now Quicker
Criticism is really unevenly distributed in this town.
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Criticism Distributed Really Town Unevenly
I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.
ADAM RAPP

Actor Designer Working Writing
The same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn’t a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they’re not in the sky
ADAM RAPP

Blackbird Flying Hear Playing Radio Sky Song
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 RAPP

Highway Maker North Pavement Quit Road Sky Turn
Whenever I’ve been in rehearsals, it’s really fun, there’s always laughing.
ADAM RAPP

Fun Funny Laughing Really Rehearsal
We’re so easily distracted, but the world is still designed to destroy you. It just happens quicker and faster now.
ADAM RAPP

Designed Destroy Distracted Faster Happen Now Quicker
One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave.
ADAM RAPP

Anand Thakur
It was like losing an important weight-bearing bone, and I knew I would spend the rest of my life trying to figure out how to walk the streets without it.
ADAM RAPP

Bearing Bone Important Rest Spend Trying Weight
In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
ADAM RAPP

Carriage Country Forever People Simple Taking
Sometimes when I’m directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that’s okay with me.
ADAM RAPP

Directing Good Idea Manager Okay Sometimes Stage
I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I’ve lived here for sixteen years.
ADAM RAPP

Cheese Country Cow Drinking Hamburger Helper Look Macroni Milk Year
When I’m directing, I’m pretty much not writing, but when I’m not directing I am writing a lot.
ADAM RAPP

Directing Lot Much Pretty Writing
I’ve been living in Portland for five months and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I probably won’t really know for years because that’s how it works right?
ADAM RAPP

Country Dog Feel Girl Living Month Sure Year
I’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
ADAM RAPP

Compulsive Dog Fall Fast Obsessive Writing
I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
ADAM RAPP

Draft End Novel Play Sometimes Till Write
So I started to think like, “well if I’m going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct”.
ADAM RAPP

Against Direct Fight Going Learn Like Should Started Think
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.
ADAM RAPP

Bill Challenge Laundry Pay Paying Personal Relationship Shambles
The scent goes right to your stomach.
ADAM RAPP

Goes Right Scent Stomach

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