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Play Quotes by 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 people, to assess…
- I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a kind of nightmarish…
- I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what it's about later.…
- We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside…
- I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really…
- I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.
- I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.
- For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing.…
- I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know…
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