“I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.” Quote by Adam Rapp
“I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't matter.” FeelsMatterDirectorsHatsStorytellerPlaywright Author:Adam Rapp
“The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.” IdeasWinningRoomsDemocratic Author:Adam Rapp
“Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.” IdeasSometimesStageOkayManagersGood IdeasStage Managers Author:Adam Rapp
“I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.” RoomsTypeDirectors Author:Adam Rapp
“I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".” IfsThinkingShouldWellsPlayFightingHugeDirectorsConceptsDirectCompromisePlaywrightBad Experiences Author:Adam Rapp
“I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.” IdeasDirectorsStealing Author:Adam Rapp
“I find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so it's a lie already at work.” BigsLyingActorsProcessResults Author:Adam Rapp
“I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I'll see them in something and I'll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsI CanFormActorsShapesDown AndInstinctCoffee Author:Adam Rapp
“I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren't going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.” ThinkingHardJobsHateActorsI Hate Author:Adam Rapp
“I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.” ThinkingActorsSawsBrotherSensitiveMy Brother Author:Adam Rapp
