Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and playwright. Read full biography of Zoe Kazan →
When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only... →
I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
I never wanted to be a playwright.
I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.
I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.
I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have... →
If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
If I'm not working, I don't feel complete.
In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.
Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and playwright.