I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it's a John Wells… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
“VIOLET: Oh, horseshit, horeshit, let's all say horseshit. Say horseshit, Bill. BILL: Horseshit.” — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our theater know… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good. — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
“You're thoughtful, Barbara, but you're not open. You're passionate, but you're hard. You're a good, decent, funny, wonderful woman, and I love you, but… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations. — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I never know what the hell I'm writing about, I never know what the next thing I'm writing about is, I never have a… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
![“You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I came from some kind of horrible, hysterical circumstances. That's not true. My family, my nuclear family, was actually very close. My mom and dad were great parents and they encouraged…” quote by Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/de8/tracy-letts-12197_assuming_you-know-people-see-august-osage-county_2789355.jpg)
