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Wallace Shawn, born on November 12, 1943, is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. He has made significant contributions to the stage and screen in Hollywood and on Broadway, known for his unique acting style and sense of humor.

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Famous Wallace Shawn Quotes

“I am recognized a lot for Clueless, but I am recognized a great deal for The Princess Bride. I dont know... maybe everybody who has seen that movie just goes out on the street.”

Knows Deals Streets Princess Brides Clueless Princess Bride

Author:Wallace Shawn

“You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.”

Knows Written Havens Accomplish Schedules

Author:Wallace Shawn

“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.”

People Knows Persons I Can Hard Reason Seems Would Be Harder Find Me

Author:Wallace Shawn

“I was clever enough to know that John Donne was offering something that was awfully enjoyable. I just wasn't clever enough to actually enjoy it.”

Knows Enough Enjoy Clever Offering Enjoyable Donne

Book:The Designated Mourner

Source: The Designated Mourner

“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.”

Knows Giving Certain Given Reader

Author:Wallace Shawn

“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.”

Knows Play Seems Actors Stage Kings Performing Daily Life Wizards

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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.”

Knows Character Happens Features Sense Of Humor

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“I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.”

People Knows Laughing Jokes Supposed To Be

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“I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.”

Knows Eye Fronts Enormous Appetite

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“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.”

Knows Made Actors Enjoy Forget

Author:Wallace Shawn

“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.”

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Author:Wallace Shawn

About the Author

Born: November 12, 1943
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 78

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