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Wallace Shawn Quotes

There’s nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don’t keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It’s all rather chaotic Picture Quote #1

The actor’s role in the community is quite unlike anyone else’s. Businessmen, for example, don’t take their clothes off or cry in front of strangers in the course of their work. Actors do Picture Quote #1

Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they’re treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children Picture Quote #1

I choose parts because I don’t want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don’t want to be too ashamed of it Picture Quote #1

For some reason, people find me funny. It’s quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It’s even harder to define why a person would be funny. It’s a word that I can’t define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it Picture Quote #1

After being in one movie, it didn’t seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I’d been a shipping clerk, I worked in a copy shop, I didn’t think the acting was going to go on and on Picture Quote #1

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Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else’s? Picture Quote #1

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

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years Picture Quote #1

I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it Picture Quote #1

I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs 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

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Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they’d probably throw you out. That’s very hard Picture Quote #1

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

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

As writers, we can’t predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable Picture Quote #1

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they’re laughing Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a television, and I’m just not too up on television Picture Quote #1

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I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes Picture Quote #1

I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write Picture Quote #1

I know that I am one and I’ve made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I’m not actually doing it, I forget that I do it Picture Quote #1

In terms of number of movies, I’ve been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I’m onscreen, it’s not so long Picture Quote #1

In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that Picture Quote #1

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don’t think of ourselves as supporting or character actors Picture Quote #1

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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 what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are Picture Quote #1

I’m not proud to be me, I’m not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am Picture Quote #1

It’s obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior 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 was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn’t understand, and in a way still don’t, because when I look in a mirror it doesn’t seem funny to me Picture Quote #1

My style as a human being is to indulge people who need to escape, yet I insist on confronting them as a playwright. It’s quite embarrassing, it’s quite unpleasant, it’s quite awkward Picture Quote #1

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There’s nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don’t keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It’s all rather chaotic (Wallace Shawn Quotes) The actor’s role in the community is quite unlike anyone else’s. Businessmen, for example, don’t take their clothes off or cry in front of strangers in the course of their work. Actors do (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they’re treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I choose parts because I don’t want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don’t want to be too ashamed of it (Wallace Shawn Quotes) For some reason, people find me funny. It’s quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It’s even harder to define why a person would be funny. It’s a word that I can’t define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it (Wallace Shawn Quotes) After being in one movie, it didn’t seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I’d been a shipping clerk, I worked in a copy shop, I didn’t think the acting was going to go on and on (Wallace Shawn Quotes) Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else’s? (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) I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs (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) Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they’d probably throw you out. That’s very hard (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 (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) As writers, we can’t predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they’re laughing (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I don’t have a television, and I’m just not too up on television (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I know that I am one and I’ve made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I’m not actually doing it, I forget that I do it (Wallace Shawn Quotes) In terms of number of movies, I’ve been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I’m onscreen, it’s not so long (Wallace Shawn Quotes) In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that (Wallace Shawn Quotes) In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don’t think of ourselves as supporting or character actors (Wallace Shawn Quotes) 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 what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are (Wallace Shawn Quotes) I’m not proud to be me, I’m not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am (Wallace Shawn Quotes) It’s obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior (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 was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn’t understand, and in a way still don’t, because when I look in a mirror it doesn’t seem funny to me (Wallace Shawn Quotes) My style as a human being is to indulge people who need to escape, yet I insist on confronting them as a playwright. It’s quite embarrassing, it’s quite unpleasant, it’s quite awkward (Wallace Shawn Quotes)

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