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When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.

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Adam Rapp
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 15
Film Director
Novelist
Joliet
Illinois
Directing
Pretty
Writing
Much

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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 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 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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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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You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.
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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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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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You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.
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