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> [I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would see that I'm still brooding about statements, songs and issues from the third grade. The years between 1980…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-m-afraid-that-the-passage-of-time-is-mostly-lost-on-me-if-you-were/)

[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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