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> [I don't really find things funny unless they're deeply tragic at the same time. I think if you're funny just for the sake of being funny, it's just frivolous nonsense. To me, all the best comic plays have been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/i-don-t-really-find-things-funny-unless-they-re-deeply-tragic-at-the/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

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## More by Lee Hall

> [My generation of playwrights have grown up writing for studio theatres, and so the task of writing for more than ten or so actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/my-generation-of-playwrights-have-grown-up-writing-for-studio/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [The theatre has always been voraciously omnivorous. Dramatists have always raided every medium to find grist to their mill: myths, folk tales, newspapers, novels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/the-theatre-has-always-been-voraciously-omnivorous-dramatists-have/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [I don't really find things funny unless they're deeply tragic at the same time. I think if you're funny just for the sake of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/i-don-t-really-find-things-funny-unless-they-re-deeply-tragic-at-the/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [I don't think theatre has changed; it's society that has changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/i-don-t-think-theatre-has-changed-it-s-society-that-has-changed/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [Culture is something that we all share, and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/culture-is-something-that-we-all-share-and-we-are-all-the-poorer-for/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/whether-you-are-a-writer-or-an-actor-or-a-stage-manager-you-are/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/there-s-no-comparison-veganism-is-the-single-most-important-thing/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/i-come-from-a-tradition-where-the-writer-writes-a-play-for-the-actors/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [I only tend to think of the week ahead, to keep my eye on the ball and question whether a full stop is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/i-only-tend-to-think-of-the-week-ahead-to-keep-my-eye-on-the-ball-and/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes. Where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/the-point-of-theatre-is-transformation-to-make-an-extraordinary-event/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/in-a-way-billy-elliot-was-autobiographical-i-can-t-dance-but-i-think/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [I always call 'Billy Elliot' a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/i-always-call-billy-elliot-a-fantasy-autobiography-because-i-never/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [There is absolutely no point in not being a populist. What I feel emboldened to do is to take something which is a minority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/there-is-absolutely-no-point-in-not-being-a-populist-what-i-feel/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/in-many-ways-theatre-is-more-rewarding-for-a-writer-i-used-to-think/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

> [From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-hall/from-kings-to-groundlings-shakespeare-made-his-work-profound-for/)

[Lee Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-hall/)

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