“Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.” NeedsDoneActorsDirectorsDesignerPlaywrightWork DoneGregarious Author:Katori Hall
“It's a lucky circumstance when you get to usher in new work, because you are able to ask the playwright and the director (who in a new work is always in dialogue with the playwright) an unlimited amount of questions.” AbleAsksAmountCircumstancesLuckyDirectorsDialogueUnlimitedPlaywrightNew Work Author:Gideon Glick
“An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a musician will interpret a composer's work, we interpret the work of a playwright. We are servants of the theatre and I've always believed that. We must serve what has been written, that's what we're there for.” Has BeensActorsWrittenDirectorsMusicianTheatreServantComposerAlways BelievePlaywrightInterpreterTheatre Directors Author:George Ogilvie
“The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away.” IfsGivingFeelsActorsRolesStageDirectorsConceptsIntentionPlaywrightMessengersDelivering Author:Patti LuPone
“David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you hate him, you really hate him. He's someone who's into controversy, you know what I mean? That's David Mamet.” IfsKnowsMeanHateDirectorsControversyPlaywrightScreenplaysHate Him Author:Tom Hardy
“The director was only invented in the nineteenth century. So directors have only been around for 200 year,s and playwrights have been around since Sophocles and Euripides.” YearsHas BeensCenturyDirectorsPlaywrightNineteenth Century Author:Sarah Ruhl
“Paris is the playwright's delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor's city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.” WorldHomeActorsGivenCitiesNew YorkDirectorsDelightLondonParisPlaywright Author:Orson Welles
“I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create what they need.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveTogetherI BelieveDirectorsTheaterI Believe InWorking TogetherPlaywright Author:John Guare
“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
“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