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Wallace Shawn Quotes

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 be a feature of my life generally Picture Quote #1

The life of an actor can be very enviable Picture Quote #1

You know, I haven’t written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more Picture Quote #1

‘The Princess Bride’ is by far the most popular film I’ve ever done. I don’t think I’ll ever top it Picture Quote #1

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds Picture Quote #1

I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and had the ability to make changes. I don’t think I would keep Princeton exactly being Princeton Picture Quote #1

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I am recognized a lot for Clueless, but I am recognized a great deal for The Princess Bride. I don’t know... maybe everybody who has seen that movie just goes out on the street Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren’t expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn’t seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset Picture Quote #1

I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, ‘I’m writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.’ So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months Picture Quote #1

I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant Picture Quote #1

My personal life is lived as ‘me,’ but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become ‘someone else.’ That’s my job Picture Quote #1

When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman’s films Picture Quote #1

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In my mind, the plays I was writing were extreme examples of art for art’s sake. I didn’t necessarily think that other people would love them, though I thought they probably would Picture Quote #1

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 himself there’s a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he’s playing himself in his daily life, he’s playing a part, he’s performing, just as he’s performing when he plays a part on stage Picture Quote #1

But because we’ve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone Picture Quote #1

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 labor. They’re like animals being forced to pull heavy carts of vegetables at incredible speeds Picture Quote #1

I’m being mocked because I don’t live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like Picture Quote #1

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 think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year Picture Quote #1

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I’m a very lucky man. It’s a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls Picture Quote #1

My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange Picture Quote #1

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance? Picture Quote #1

Escape before it’s too late Picture Quote #1

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard Picture Quote #1

Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life Picture Quote #1

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Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine! Picture Quote #1

I have been vain since birth Picture Quote #1

I don’t see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing Picture Quote #1

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies Picture Quote #1

It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan for how you are going to behave in 25 years seems based on a view of life that is incomprehensible to me Picture Quote #1

When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn’t have studied it even if I had heard of it Picture Quote #1

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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 be a feature of my life generally. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) The life of an actor can be very enviable (Wallace Shawn Quotes) You know, I haven’t written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more (Wallace Shawn Quotes) ‘The Princess Bride’ is by far the most popular film I’ve ever done. I don’t think I’ll ever top it (Wallace Shawn Quotes) My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and had the ability to make changes. I don’t think I would keep Princeton exactly being Princeton (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I am recognized a lot for Clueless, but I am recognized a great deal for The Princess Bride. I don’t know... maybe everybody who has seen that movie just goes out on the street (Wallace Shawn Quotes) When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren’t expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn’t seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, ‘I’m writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.’ So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant (Wallace Shawn Quotes) My personal life is lived as ‘me,’ but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become ‘someone else.’ That’s my job (Wallace Shawn Quotes) When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman’s films (Wallace Shawn Quotes) In my mind, the plays I was writing were extreme examples of art for art’s sake. I didn’t necessarily think that other people would love them, though I thought they probably would. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) 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 himself there’s a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he’s playing himself in his daily life, he’s playing a part, he’s performing, just as he’s performing when he plays a part on stage. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) But because we’ve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) 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 labor. They’re like animals being forced to pull heavy carts of vegetables at incredible speeds. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I’m being mocked because I don’t live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) 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 think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I’m a very lucky man. It’s a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls. (Wallace Shawn Quotes) My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance? (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Escape before it’s too late (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine! (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I have been vain since birth (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I don’t see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies (Wallace Shawn Quotes) It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan for how you are going to behave in 25 years seems based on a view of life that is incomprehensible to me (Wallace Shawn Quotes) When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn’t have studied it even if I had heard of it (Wallace Shawn Quotes)

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