The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
A friend of mine said that when Barack Obama was running for president, there was a whole generation of white kids who… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Generally, the realm in which black playwrights have been allowed to achieve success has been social realism or musicals. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
'Jelly,' more than any black musical before it, celebrated the majesty, the purity, the joy of so many artists who are unable… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When 'Jelly's' went out on tour, no one really wanted it. It was undersold. And I knew if I gave 'Noise' to… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Any time there is a cultural breakthrough in which this culture transcends what it's supposed to be, there's a violent reaction. So… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that other people's suffering was my responsibility. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
