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" I think, with most writers, their neurosis is finishing things. I have a different neurosis. I'm terribly anxious when it's not finished. Then I become really difficult to live with. "

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" You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth, and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you. "

Theresa Rebeck

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Who

Truth

" In television, what you are doing is trying to fit your voice into a particular mold. "

" I like working with television. I do. "

Theresa Rebeck

Working

Television

" Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig. "

" Everyone pays lip service to this whole idea of doing more new plays, and nobody ever does it. "

" I was born and raised in the Midwest, where people were taught that decency and integrity and community were all important values. We were democrats with a little 'd.' "

" Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed I would never be done on Broadway. But that was never the goal. "

" Part of the problem with producing contemporary political theater in America today is that many theaters don't have flexibility or resources, be it hiring a lot of actors or staging a work that might be tough for some audience and board members. "

" I actually think we should be trying to be rigorous in our thinking about television and the way it enters our lives and shapes the way so many people think. "

" So in case there was any doubt, I am here to report that having a play on Broadway does not suck. "

" Honestly, the thing that I have found to be most useful over a long career, or maintaining a long career, is taking back the power at some point and self-producing. "

" There are times when I wonder how I ever thought that I could dramatize the death of a national discussion as a family comedy. "

" Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity. "

" The stage gives you more control over your own work; in television, there's a distressing amount of communal writing. Unless it's your show, you have no control over that. You're at the mercy of whoever's running the show. "

" I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left. "

" The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue. "

" Why is being a female having an agenda any more than being a misogynist - which David Mamet most certainly is? "

Theresa Rebeck

Why

Agenda

" I make my life with New York stage actors, and I love them. They're the best actors on planet earth. "

" One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre. "

" I think that because television is shot on a really fast schedule, and it gets piped into your home on a smaller screen, it's much more about character and dialogue in a lot of cases than the movies are. "

" Nothing sounds as crazy as telling people you're not crazy. "

" Heath Ledger's recent death, like that of River Phoenix, was handled with great care by the press. Anna Nicole Smith's not so much. "

Theresa Rebeck

Phoenix

River

" I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment. "

" I'm not ashamed of being American; I'm very proud. "

" I let action rise out of character, really. "

" Denver's commitment to giving contemporary storytellers the stage is crucial to the American theater. That's something embraced by 'Smash.' We should be telling our own stories. "

" In America, the average playwright makes less than a receptionist in a non-profit theatre. We don't have decent health insurance - or any health insurance at all. "

" It's not my responsibility to write plays about the way the world should be. "

" I'm actually interested in poor behavior. I'm interested in what drives people to poor behavior. "

" The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America. "