Zoe Kazan quotes

Zoe Kazan is an American actress, screenwriter, and playwright known for her work in film, television, and theater. Her critically acclaimed performances include roles in "Ruby Sparks," "The Big Sick," and the miniseries "Olive Kitteridge." She has also achieved success as a writer, collaborating on several film projects. Here are 30 of her quotes:

Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

Zoe Kazan

I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.

Zoe Kazan

Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.

Zoe Kazan

I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!

Zoe Kazan

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

Zoe Kazan

My schedule is completely different doing a play than it is doing a movie, and I actually think it's a much harder schedule because you've got to do it eight times a week and you've got to do it good eight times a week and with different kinds of audiences who are cold or drunk or tired, whatever it is.

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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

Zoe Kazan

I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.

Zoe Kazan

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Zoe Kazan

I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.

Zoe Kazan

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

Zoe Kazan

I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.

Zoe Kazan

I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.

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I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.

Zoe Kazan

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

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I never wanted to be a playwright.

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I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

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And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else.

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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

Zoe Kazan

I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.

Zoe Kazan

If I'm not working, I don't feel complete.

Zoe Kazan

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.

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