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title: "1 Talking Dramaturg Quotes By Nilo Cruz"
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> [I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I do table work or when I'm talking to a dramaturg about, you know, the culture, but also what…](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/)

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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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