I think I'm trying to write truthfully about life, and naturalism, or the way people normally talk in movies, is a convention.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write truthfully about life, and naturalism, or the way people normally talk in movies, is a convention. The way… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
What I'm really involved in when I'm writing is something that no one ever mentions when they see any play. Writing is… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
You're always fighting the contradiction between the supposed intimacy of a two-person conversation and the blunt reality that you're trying to sell… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
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… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
