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> [If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/if-i-had-even-the-tiniest-scrap-of-advice-to-give-to-a-young-actor/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

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## More by Wallace Shawn

> [Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/acting-is-an-escape-from-the-boring-person-that-i-am-in-real-life/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/you-can-go-to-a-play-that-is-enjoyable-because-it-s-funny-and-then-on/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/the-actor-s-role-in-the-community-is-quite-unlike-anyone-else-s/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/from-being-a-writer-of-plays-it-was-not-that-surprising-that-somebody/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-have-more-free-time-than-a-lot-of-individuals-so-instead-of-talking/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/my-personal-life-is-lived-as-me-but-my-professional-life-is-lived-as/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/there-s-nothing-regular-about-my-life-at-all-really-i-don-t-keep-a/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-am-recognized-a-lot-for-clueless-but-i-am-recognized-a-great-deal/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/sleep-a-poor-substitute-for-caffeine/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-m-a-very-lucky-man-it-s-a-beautiful-thing-for-a-writer-to-see/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/and-my-singing-i-don-t-think-i-could-sing-wagner-or-opera-but-i-could/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-think-i-m-trying-to-write-truthfully-about-life-and-naturalism-or/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-m-trying-to-write-truthfully-about-life-and-naturalism-or-the-way/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/when-i-was-first-starting-to-write-plays-i-quite-literally-had-never/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/when-i-was-a-child-i-did-always-feel-that-people-were-hiding-things/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

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