I'm excited about the idea of an act of theatre triggering a parallel creative act of writing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.
I think you end up writing things you like. I like seeing actors playing two different parts at the same time. I think it's interesting. It kind of shows you two sides of a person.
I have such a passion for theatre.
It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that you put it out there, and people are invited to like it or loathe it.
Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.
I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.
I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a way no one else does it. Whether anyone else is paying attention or anyone else cares, I'm still ambivalent about that. It's still an open question.
Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.