I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition,… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
What I'm really involved in when I'm writing is something that no one ever mentions when they see any play. Writing is… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
A play presents a self-enclosed little world for the audience to examine. It's an opportunity to look objectively at a group of… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in front of… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
I am recognized a lot for 'Clueless,' but I am recognized a great deal for 'The Princess Bride.' I don't know... maybe everybody who… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
I'm a very lucky man. It's a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
And my singing, I don't think I could sing Wagner or opera, but I could probably carry a tune. I was in a musical… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
I think I'm trying to write truthfully about life, and naturalism, or the way people normally talk in movies, is a convention. It's not… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
I'm trying to write truthfully about life, and naturalism, or the way people normally talk in movies, is a convention. The way I write… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share
