Eric Bogosian (born April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, and novelist. Read full biography of Eric Bogosian →
I don't know anybody who does what I do. I'm very underground.
If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and... →
I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.
As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.
If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest.
I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic.
The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to... →
I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to... →
Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.
For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.
I love playing other people's work. I love acting.
I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.
I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing.