American - Actor | April 24, 1953 -
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
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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.
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Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.
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Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.
ChessHardLikeEnsemble
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.
BestThoughtDoingKnowNeverBeing
I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.
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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.
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I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.
ActingCreateWritePerformingPlays
I write, but I also act.
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I'm very underground.
UndergroundVery
If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest.
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