Instead of playing something heavily, I play it lightly. Since people like to cast cyclically, once you've done one thing, people want to put you in that bag again. And since I want to work, I let it happen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.'
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.
The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.
I've always written plays for the purpose of getting something out of my system.
Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.
If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.
When I carve out time to game, it's because I rationalize that I 'deserve it,' so I relish every minute of that 2-3 hour session.
I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.