--- title: "4 Room Quotes By Adam Rapp" description: "4 Room quotes by Adam Rapp. Plus more from Adam Rapp and more Room sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/adam-rapp-5014_actors_i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and_1792117.jpg" --- > [I don't put big concepts on my work, and it's all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and-it-s-all-often-about-keeping/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/adam-rapp-5014_actors_i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and_1792117.jpg) > [One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/one-of-the-tricks-to-writing-great-plays-is-to-get-people-in-a-room/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/adam-rapp-5014_actor_one-of-the-tricks-to-writing-great-plays_2262321.jpg) > [“The room I got is best described as being a glorified closet. It was like four times worse than what they gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/the-room-i-got-is-best-described-as-being-a-glorified-closet-it-was/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/adam-rapp-5014_room_the-room-i-got-is-best-described-as-bein_2545287.jpg) > [Some of the greatest works of theater, from Chekov's work to modern playwrights', consist of just a few people in a room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/some-of-the-greatest-works-of-theater-from-chekov-s-work-to-modern/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/adam-rapp-5014_actor_some-of-the-greatest-works-of-theater-fr_2895579.jpg) ## Other authors on Room ## More by Adam Rapp > [I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-feel-that-i-d-rather-know-an-actors-work-or-have-an-instinct-about/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-had-a-sort-of-bad-experiences-as-a-playwright-early-on-when/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [I imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest. Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart. Somewhere so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-imagine-a-soul-is-a-little-perfect-crystal-egg-floating-in-your/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [“At the funeral my stitches were itching like crazy, but it didn’t bother me much because I was like totally tripping on the codeine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/at-the-funeral-my-stitches-were-itching-like-crazy-but-it-didn-t/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive, and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can't not write, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-m-pretty-obsessive-compulsive-and-i-m-very-fast-i-tend-to-not-write/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/my-work-is-always-more-emotional-than-i-am-my-characters-say-things/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [“Things were pretty cold-blooded back in Rockdale. That's when my arms were so pretty I could hold them up to the light and see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/things-were-pretty-cold-blooded-back-in-rockdale-that-s-when-my-arms/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [Whenever I've been in rehearsals, it's really fun, there's always laughing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/whenever-i-ve-been-in-rehearsals-it-s-really-fun-there-s-always/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/you-can-always-count-on-the-new-york-times-to-cut-your-legs-off/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [“I asked her if she liked PJ Harvey and she said that she liked her old stuff mostly and that Uh Huh Her was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-asked-her-if-she-liked-pj-harvey-and-she-said-that-she-liked-her/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart; the same way you can hear a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-don-t-mind-him-not-talking-so-much-because-you-can-hear-his-voice/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-appreciate-good-criticism-and-i-think-it-s-really-important-i-don-t/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [“Love, Jamie P.S. I can't believe you're dying. Please don't die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/love-jamie-p-s-i-can-t-believe-you-re-dying-please-don-t-die/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [I was a jock in college and high school, but I didn't hang out with the jocks. I was sort of a nerd who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-was-a-jock-in-college-and-high-school-but-i-didn-t-hang-out-with/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) > [“We only have so much time, Mary,” I remember saying. “Time will kill you – it really will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/we-only-have-so-much-time-mary-i-remember-saying-time-will-kill-you/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/room/adam-rapp/#itemlist", "name": "4 Room Quotes By Adam Rapp", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't put big concepts on my work, and it's all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting them leave.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Rapp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and-it-s-all-often-about-keeping/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/adam-rapp-5014_actors_i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and_1792117.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/adam-rapp-5014_actors_i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and_1792117.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/adam-rapp-5014_actors_i-don-t-put-big-concepts-on-my-work-and_1792117.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't put big concepts on my work, and it's all often about keeping actors in a room together and not…” — Adam Rapp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. 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