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> [Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to direct the play around that character. You have to make choices with that actor. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/every-director-is-always-directing-around-the-play-if-you-have-an/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

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## More by Nilo Cruz

> [I think I have a certain kind of style. I think at the same time, I'm aware that there's certain things that I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-think-i-have-a-certain-kind-of-style-i-think-at-the-same-time-i-m/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/theater-is-about-interpretation-and-what-an-actor-and-what-a-director/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I have a really, really difficult time with dramaturgy sometimes in America, because I write about other cultures. I write about a culture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-have-a-really-really-difficult-time-with-dramaturgy-sometimes-in/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I'm very much inspired by the Latin music, especially the romantic boleros. Not that when I sit to write a play I listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-m-very-much-inspired-by-the-latin-music-especially-the-romantic/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the beginning, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/one-of-the-good-thing-about-theater-in-the-states-is-that-the/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/every-director-is-always-directing-around-the-play-if-you-have-an/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I think that the Pulitzer Prize is definitely a blessing, but it's also a curse. Because I think that it is a blessing because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-think-that-the-pulitzer-prize-is-definitely-a-blessing-but-it-s/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I find it's very confusing when one critic tells you one thing and one tells you something completely different. Unless all the critics agree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-find-it-s-very-confusing-when-one-critic-tells-you-one-thing-and/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I do table…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-feel-like-i-have-to-be-a-walking-encyclopedia-i-constantly-have-to/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-actually-cut-my-sentences-a-lot-i-m-very-aware-of-the-actor-giving/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [ I was taught to lie at a young age. . . . I think that \[A PARK IN OUR HOUSE\] describes what people make… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-was-taught-to-lie-at-a-young-age-i-think-that-a-park-in-our-house/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [I've been a little disappointed in directors in America. I'm really after a theater that doesn't just deal with the actual texts that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/i-ve-been-a-little-disappointed-in-directors-in-america-i-m-really/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

> [If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs - ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilo-cruz/if-you-think-of-dramaturgy-in-north-america-which-is-so-realistic-and/)

[Nilo Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilo-cruz/)

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