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Beth Henley Quotes

It’s really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don’t get in trouble Picture Quote #1

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don’t even know how to say, Hello, how do you do? because their minds are absorbed with electronic images Picture Quote #1

But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn’t a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don’t have to be very smart Picture Quote #1

The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi Picture Quote #1

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays Picture Quote #1

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness Picture Quote #1

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I love writing for the screen Picture Quote #1

I’m very into the first production of the show Picture Quote #1

My fault now is making my plays too short Picture Quote #1

You can’t just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you Picture Quote #1

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny Picture Quote #1

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class Picture Quote #1

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It’s really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don’t get in trouble Picture Quote #1

He started hating me, cause I couldn’t laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes the way I used to Picture Quote #1

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don’t even know how to say, hello, how do you do? Because their minds are absorbed with electronic images Picture Quote #1

I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won’t talk anymore Picture Quote #1

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class Picture Quote #1

I love to work, although sometimes I can spend whole days doing nothing more than picking the lint off the carpet and talking to my mother on the phone Picture Quote #1

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And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won’t have to bother doing it themselves Picture Quote #1

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn’t you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed Picture Quote #1

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you’ll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed Picture Quote #1

Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct Picture Quote #1

Plays are so much more special if they’ve never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production Picture Quote #1

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It’s really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don’t get in trouble. (Beth Henley Quotes) There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don’t even know how to say, Hello, how do you do? because their minds are absorbed with electronic images. (Beth Henley Quotes) But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn’t a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don’t have to be very smart (Beth Henley Quotes) The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi (Beth Henley Quotes) I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays (Beth Henley Quotes) I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness (Beth Henley Quotes) I love writing for the screen (Beth Henley Quotes) I’m very into the first production of the show (Beth Henley Quotes) My fault now is making my plays too short (Beth Henley Quotes) You can’t just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you (Beth Henley Quotes) Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny (Beth Henley Quotes) In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class (Beth Henley Quotes) It’s really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don’t get in trouble (Beth Henley Quotes) He started hating me, cause I couldn’t laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes the way I used to (Beth Henley Quotes) There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don’t even know how to say, hello, how do you do? Because their minds are absorbed with electronic images (Beth Henley Quotes) I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won’t talk anymore (Beth Henley Quotes) Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class (Beth Henley Quotes) I love to work, although sometimes I can spend whole days doing nothing more than picking the lint off the carpet and talking to my mother on the phone (Beth Henley Quotes) And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won’t have to bother doing it themselves (Beth Henley Quotes) What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn’t you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed (Beth Henley Quotes) That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you’ll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed (Beth Henley Quotes) Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct (Beth Henley Quotes) Plays are so much more special if they’ve never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production (Beth Henley Quotes)