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George C. Wolfe Quotes

American - Playwright | September 23, 1954 -

As a person of color, I was trained from very early on to see 'Leave It to Beaver,' 'Gilligan's Island,' or 'Hamlet' and look beyond the specifics of it - whether it be silly white people on an island or a family living in Nowheres or a Danish person - to leap past the specifics and find the human truths that have to do with me.

George C. Wolfe

Family Past People Me Color Look

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

I Am Me Color Think Person Play

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

George C. Wolfe

Writing Theater Very Public Private

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

George C. Wolfe

Pride Kind Strange Up Broadway Ends

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

Yourself New York World Worth You

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

George C. Wolfe

Passion Commitment Talent You Out

AIDS is a shared truth - it's not selective in its wrath.

George C. Wolfe

Truth AIDS Wrath Shared Selective

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

George C. Wolfe

Walls Down Others Knock Like Allow

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.

George C. Wolfe

Writing Free You Acting Serving

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.

George C. Wolfe

Black Someone Dancing Out Noise

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

George C. Wolfe

Maturity Me Artist Kind Way Forced

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

George C. Wolfe

Vision Artist Unique Agenda Theater

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