George C. Wolfe Quotes

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George C. Wolfe

Profession : Playwright

Birth : September 23, 1954

I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying a truth that has been accepted.

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I pride myself on being available to as many people's stories as I possibly can.

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I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And horrifying to me.

George C. Wolfe

The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands.

George C. Wolfe

The Public Theater requires one to be very public, and writing requires one to be very private.

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There is a strange kind of parental pride when 'Topdog' ends up on Broadway, or 'Elaine Stritch.'

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To want to come to New York, you have to have a sense of wonder about the world and a foolish sense of worth about yourself. And I, too, had both of those things.

George C. Wolfe

If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room.

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Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected.

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Certain events make people come out of their little boxes and become part of the whole.

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I like to knock down walls and allow others to enter.

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When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving you. But you're really serving the materials. You're serving the actors. You're in charge, but it's not free.

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When I was on dialysis, I willed myself to do 'On the Town.' It accesses my most childlike, joyful love of theater.

George C. Wolfe

When 'Jelly's' went out on tour, no one really wanted it. It was undersold. And I knew if I gave 'Noise' to someone else, they would sell it as 'Stomp' with little dancing black boys.

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Producing has empowered me as an artist in a specific way. It's forced a certain kind of maturity.

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Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist.

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Racists are deficient as human beings.

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There's no place more theatrical than history.

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The only rule of a musical is that it must maintain its buoyancy.

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A lot of directors tend to manipulate actors' vulnerability to get what they want, and that can work.

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