220 Quotes by Sam Shepard

A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's gonna show you when he gets to that moment. They're the great test of the validity of the material.

Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.

When you're 19 and writing plays, you think every actor is full of it. They just can't handle your brilliant material.

I basically live out of my truck - I mean from place to place. I feel more at home in my truck than just about anywhere, which is a sad thing to say, but it's true.

They say TV has a tendency to diminish actors, and I think that's probably true in the long run - it wears on 'em like bad dental work - but Cheech doesn't show any of the signs of being damaged that way. And as a man, he's fantastic.

It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.

In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.

On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful form with great potential, but the environment around it is awful for a writer.

I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.