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From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.
Wallace Shawn
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Wallace Shawn
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 12
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.
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My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.
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I have been vain since birth.
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I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it.
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