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21 quotes by Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter and actor who received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County and a Tony Award for his portrayal of George in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He wrote the screenplays of three films adapted from his own plays: Bug and Killer Joe, both directed by William Friedkin, and August: Osage County, directed by John Wells. He is also known...
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It's not a natural translation, transition, to take something from stage to screen. Onstage your action is communicated through the spoken word... →

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I grew up in a small town, in a small community, and I would not have had access to great plays when I was a kid were it not for the films of... →

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After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht and traveled the... →

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When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to say, 'You're a bum and you can't... →

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In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down on the list.

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One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations.

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'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a... →

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I like it when actors get an opportunity to chew into something. They love scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends - scenes that give an arc to... →

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I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but it's not where my inclination... →

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Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any of the actors who did the... →

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The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it's a John Wells film. 'August: Osage... →

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I don't have a great face for camera.

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I don't write plays for them to be turned into movies.

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