We Are Not What We Seem. We Are More Than What We Seem. The Actor Knows That. And Because The Actor Knows That Hidden Inside Himself There's A Wizard And A King, He Also Knows That When He's Playing Himself In His Daily Life, He's Playing A Part, He's Performing, Just As He's Performing When He Plays A Part On Stage.

-Wallace Shawn

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We Are Not What We Seem. We

Wallace Shawn

We Are Not What We Seem. We Are More Than What We Seem. The Actor Knows That. And Because The Actor Knows That Hidden Inside Himself There's A Wizard And A King, He Also Knows That When He's Playing Himself In His Daily Life, He's Playing A Part, He's Performing, Just As He's Performing When He Plays A Part On Stage.

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Kings

Play

Actors

I'm Trying To Write Truthfully About Life, And Naturalism, Or The Way People Normally Talk In Movies, Is A Convention. The Way I Write Is About Life And Is Quite Truthful, And There Is A Kind Of Brutal Side To The Relationship, And To The Feelings, That Makes It Somewhat Painful, But I Think It's A Very Intense Portrait Of The Relationship Of Two People. And A Bit About What People Feel Like When They're Alone, Because It All Takes Place In One Day, And During The Day, They Spend A Lot Of Time Alone In Their Different - You Get To Imagine What Their Fantasy Lives Are Like.

Writing

Thinking

People