I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant. — 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
