Wallace Shawn

I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to…

— Wallace Shawn

“Revenge and punishment both imply, “Even if I’d been you, and I’d had your life, I would never have done what you…

— Wallace Shawn

I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit…

— Wallace Shawn

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're…

— Wallace Shawn

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.

— Wallace Shawn

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are…

— Wallace Shawn

I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see…

— Wallace Shawn

I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but…

— Wallace Shawn

I don't have a television, and I'm just not too up on television.

— Wallace Shawn

We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows…

— Wallace Shawn

I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and had the ability to make changes. I…

— Wallace Shawn

“She knows very well that the way to find happiness in this world is not to hate your life but to somehow…

— Wallace Shawn

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a…

— Wallace Shawn

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over…

— Wallace Shawn

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to…

— Wallace Shawn

I am recognized a lot for Clueless, but I am recognized a great deal for The Princess Bride. I dont know... maybe…

— Wallace Shawn

I love going to plays. There's a subconscious side to it, obviously-some people like to be spanked for XYZ psychological reasons, and…

— Wallace Shawn

A play presents a self-enclosed little world for the audience to examine. It's an opportunity to look objectively at a group of…

— Wallace Shawn

I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at…

— Wallace Shawn

I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what…

— Wallace Shawn

I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it.

— Wallace Shawn

It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to…

— Wallace Shawn

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not…

— Wallace Shawn

Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a…

— Wallace Shawn

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although…

— Wallace Shawn