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
ADAM RAPPIf 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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My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
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I’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
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Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It’s killing new plays, demolishing one after another.
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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.
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I find that more and more I’m trying to entertain myself when I’m working, because I know the work’s going to go to a horrible place.
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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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You can’t run forever.
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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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So I started to think like, “well if I’m going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct”.
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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 know that something inevitable will happen.
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I 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.
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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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I’ve lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.
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I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
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