“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.” ThinkingDoneSeemsWould BeJobsActingGoes OnShopsCopiesClerksShipping Author:Wallace Shawn
“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.” ShouldWritingPlayCertainActingNew YorkMonthsStudiosNineNine Months Author:Wallace Shawn
“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.” IfsTryingBelieveHardActingAudienceBuildingTruthfulDean Author:Wallace Shawn
“Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.” PersonsRealActingBoringReal LifeBoring Person Author:Wallace Shawn
