“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.” PeopleWorldWayFirstsPlayBeautifulFilmFoundExposedFrankPortraitsDisturbingBergman Author:Wallace Shawn
“I think I'm trying to write truthfully about life, and naturalism, or the way people normally talk in movies, is a convention. It's not the way people talk in life at all.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingConventionsNaturalism Author:Wallace Shawn
“We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.” WayCountryStatesUnitedSituationUnited StatesHorrorScaryStoppingEmergenciesBrutality Author:Wallace Shawn
“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.” WayLooksStillsSeemsJokesMirrorsAppearance Author:Wallace Shawn
