A typical day for me is I’m writing when I’m not directing.
ADAM RAPPI imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest.
More Adam Rapp Quotes
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When I write, that takes over and I can’t do anything else.
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My work is always more emotional than I am.
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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.
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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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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 show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused.
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I don’t like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.
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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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Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
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I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren’t going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.
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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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The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit.
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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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I’m pretty obsessive-compulsive and I’m very fast.
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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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