Playwrights Quotes
I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht and Beckett. If you've got those four, you've got the century covered.
- Edward Albee
I tend not to think that way though I wish I could. There are certainly playwrights whose work I would like to have the opportunity to work on, such as O'Neil and Williams and to have the experience of having that repertoire, because I think every actor should have a go at that sort of stuff.
- Laura Linney
I still don't know what works until it works, until I see it working. It wasn't through seeing other playwrights or reading other plays, because I haven't done much of either of those. Again, you have an intuitive sense that this is dramatic or a nice shape to a scene; you intuitively know how to tell a good story... where the highlights are, what information to withhold, and how to reveal things.
- August Wilson
I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights.
- Lusia Strus
I never thought about writing a play before this because I have a huge respect for playwrights.
- Scott Caan
I knew playwrights and stage directors before I ever knew filmmakers.
- Mark Ruffalo
I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.
- Orlando Bloom
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
- Laura Linney
He's one of the most important American playwrights ever.
- Rocco Landesman
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
- Peter Ustinov
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