Beth Henley Quotes

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble.

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Beth Henley

Elizabeth Becker Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play Crimes of the Heart won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a nomination for a Tony Award. Her screenplay for Crimes of the Heart was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Beth Henley

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

funny people
Beth Henley

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.

people
Beth Henley

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money.

money
Beth Henley

The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.

art
Beth Henley

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble.

trouble character
Beth Henley

The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.

food success
Beth Henley

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.

work fun
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I love writing for the screen.
Beth Henley

Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production.

work
Beth Henley

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays.

community
Beth Henley

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.

places
Beth Henley

My fault now is making my plays too short.

faults

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