Always Quote by Lindsay Duncan

Being patient ... and not becoming too stressed out over the big plays, those are the things to remember.

— Troy Polamalu

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on…

— August Wilson

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

— John Guare

I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh,…

— Carla Gugino

Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.

— Nick Saban

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

— Anonymous

You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is,…

— George Eliot

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene…

— Chris Cooper

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.

— Theodore Bikel

Always, when I do a play, there's got to be an equation of risks and potential failure. When you're working on a new play,…

— George C. Wolfe

I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on.

— Marsha Mason