If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home. I barely sleep. There are moments of deep despair and anxiety, and then there are moments in rehearsal that are the most exhilarating; feeling seen and seeing everybody. Feeling like you have a purpose on the planet. A huge part of the process I enjoy is watching the actors figuring out what they can handle and what they can take and what they need from the director and me.
I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously. - Annie Baker
I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously.
- Annie Baker
Being sad and going out on terrible dates and having horrible breakups and then having a shitty job and then quitting the shitty job and then wonderi… - Annie Baker
Being sad and going out on terrible dates and having horrible breakups and then having a shitty job and then quitting the shitty job and then wonderi…
If anything, I was the opposite of most college students who think they can do anything. - Annie Baker
If anything, I was the opposite of most college students who think they can do anything.
I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore. - Annie Baker
I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.
I feel like the reason I ended up becoming a playwright is because I never choose the right word. As a kid, my fantasy profession was to be a novelis… - Annie Baker
I feel like the reason I ended up becoming a playwright is because I never choose the right word. As a kid, my fantasy profession was to be a novelis…
For me, on every project, I realize that I've boxed myself into a corner, or that the play necessitates some sort of theatrical convention that I rea… - Annie Baker
For me, on every project, I realize that I've boxed myself into a corner, or that the play necessitates some sort of theatrical convention that I rea…
I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on a daily basis. So I don't write every day. I'm j… - Annie Baker
I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on a daily basis. So I don't write every day. I'm j…
I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project beyond that project is ludicrous. - Annie Baker
I never had a lot of ideas. I always have exactly one that is the next project; the idea of a project beyond that project is ludicrous.
Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow. - Annie Baker
Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow.
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