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Eric Bogosian quotes

American Actor April 24, 1953

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I mean, what kind of literature do you think ants would make if they could read? Not F. Scott Fuckin’ Fitzgerald, not Joyce or D-D—D-Dostoyevsky, not even friggin’ Steinbeck. Wouldn’t make any sense to ’em. You ever read Nabokov’s Lolita? Best book of the twentieth century, but old-fashioned my friend, old fuckin’ fashioned. Same old story over and over again, one more guy mesmerized by his own dick, wandering around the wreckage of his life. Who the fuck cares about that? Give me the Knights... Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian quote: "I love playing other people's work. I love acting."
I love playing other people's work. I love acting. Eric Bogosian
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. Eric Bogosian
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 be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well. Eric Bogosian
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. Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian quote: "I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted..."
I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work. Eric Bogosian
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 the people who go to the theater generally. Eric Bogosian
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'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy. Eric Bogosian
It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material. Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian quote: "I started acting when I was in high school, started writing..."
I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975. Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian quote: "I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work."
I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work. Eric Bogosian
I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me. Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian quote: "I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib."
I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib. Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian quote: "I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and..."
I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing. Eric Bogosian
I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house. Eric Bogosian

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