'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of… — Tracy Letts Actor Copy Share Image
'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black… — Tracy Letts Acting Copy Share Image
“VIOLET: Oh, horseshit, horeshit, let's all say horseshit. Say horseshit, Bill. BILL: Horseshit.” — Tracy Letts Horseshit Copy Share Image
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use… — Tracy Letts Action Copy Share Image
I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our… — Tracy Letts Actor Copy Share Image
I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good. — Tracy Letts Affinity Copy Share Image
“You're thoughtful, Barbara, but you're not open. You're passionate, but you're hard. You're a good, decent, funny, wonderful woman, and I love… — Tracy Letts Character Copy Share Image
One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations. — Tracy Letts Create Copy Share Image
I never know what the hell I'm writing about, I never know what the next thing I'm writing about is, I never… — Tracy Letts Hell Copy Share Image
“We covered this around Year Three, Bill: that you're the Master of Space and Time and I'm a spastic Pomeranian.” — Tracy Letts Dysfunctional-families Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town, in a small community, and I would not have had access to great plays when… — Tracy Letts Access Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd give advice. That never pays off. That's always a bad idea. If they follow your advice and it… — Tracy Letts Advice Copy Share Image
You get to know a character that you play on-stage in a pretty profound way over a length of time. I don't… — Tracy Letts Character Copy Share Image
The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it's a John Wells… — Tracy Letts August Copy Share Image
If you feel like you're in control of everything, and then things aren't going well, you feel like you're failing. — Tracy Letts Failing Copy Share Image
“BARBARA: They're called Native Americans now, Mom. VIOLET: Who calls them that? Who makes that decision?” — Tracy Letts Native americans Copy Share Image
Sometimes my family thinks I've made my childhood a bit more Dickensian than it was, and it probably wasn't all that bad.… — Tracy Letts Bits Copy Share Image
I try to write fun - though difficult and challenging - things for actors to do, because I know if they're having… — Tracy Letts Actor Copy Share Image
In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty… — Tracy Letts Boss Copy Share Image
