When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
I was raised as an upper-class WASP in New England, and there was this old tradition there that everyone would simply be guided into the right way after Ivy League college and onward and upward. And it rejected me, I… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room. — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
“It could drive you mad to wake up to the fact that your whole life has been about chasing some false goal.” — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
“And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know!....provided I can memorize the lines.” — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself. — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life.… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
