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Beth Henley

"That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed."

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"That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed."

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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."

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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."

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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."

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"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."

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"If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us."

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"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."

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"Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."

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"Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class."
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"My fault now is making my plays too short."
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"Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much."
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"Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct."
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"It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it done after so many years; because I wrote it and I didn't realize what a rage I was in."
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