“Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can't be ultimately changed. It's the structure of our bones, the blood that runs through our veins.” CharacterRunningBloodHuman NatureChangedEssentialsStructureBonesTendenciesCoveredVeinsCovered Up Author:Sam Shepard
“In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man. The purpose of it, of course, was to write about myself. That character was always the least fully realized. Eighteen years later, you realize, That's what he was about.” MenWritingYearsKindPlayCharacterFormYoungPurposeCoursesRealizingSonCraftsYoung ManEighteen Author:Sam Shepard
“I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.” ThinkingKindReasonCharacterActorsRolesGave UpCharacter Actors Author:Sam Shepard
