Adam Rapp Quotes, Dream Quotes, Scary Quotes

I suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort-of narrative and other times they are just funhouses of non-linear imagery and other scary stuff.

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In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever. The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit. And now we have all this access to public transportation, automobiles and jets and the Internet; we're so easily distracted, but the world is still designed to destroy you. It just happens quicker and faster now.

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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.

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What I've learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.

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You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.

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I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.

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My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it's always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.

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I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.

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I've been living in Portland for five months and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I probably won't really know for years because that's how it works right? You don't really develop feelings about a place till you've left it. It's like a girl or a dog.

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I find that more and more I'm trying to entertain myself when I'm working, because I know the work's going to go to a horrible place.

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You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.

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Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.

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