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I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
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Adam Rapp
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 15
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When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I'm a much more practical person in the world, I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused. But when I'm writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I'm just impossible to get in touch with, and I don't spend time with friends.
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I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with them, or I'll see them in something and I'll see if I can get along with them in some way, shape, or form.
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I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.
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I think I'm a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.
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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 grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows but I feel like a New Yorker now, I've lived here for sixteen years.
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My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
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A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.
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You have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.
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I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.
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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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