Wallace Shawn quotes - page 3

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

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.

Wallace Shawn

I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.' So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months.

Wallace Shawn

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.

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.

Wallace Shawn

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.

Wallace Shawn

I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.

Wallace Shawn

If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.

Wallace Shawn

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Photo: PEN American Center, CC BY 2.0

Occupation: American Actor
Born: November 12, 1943
Quotes count: 58

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