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.
ADAM RAPPI’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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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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I’ve never really felt good at the parties, but I have enough friends now that I feel social, I used to feel very antisocial, but I think the theater helps.
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It’s strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can’t even answer it.
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I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible
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I’ve lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.
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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 imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest.
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You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.
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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 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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There’s something exciting about that free fall, but then my life gets really screwed up.
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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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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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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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I don’t know where the characters are going to go or what’s going to happen.
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