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Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin
American Entertainer
Born: Apr 11, 1950
Clown Great People Stage Together You
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Edward Albee, the premier dark playwright of the American theater, would show up at rehearsal and quote his favorite lines from 'Auntie Mame'. He would stand at the back of the theater, not facing the stage, and sort of conduct the music of his play. Bill Irwin
Music Dark Stage Playwright Back Favorite Would Facing He Sort His Lines Edward Up Conduct American Quote Theater Stand Premier Show Rehearsal Play
We want to be able to fly. We want to be able to sear somebody with lightning from across the room. Those are primal desires, to shoot somebody with energy. Bill Irwin
Fly Somebody Energy Those Able Primal Lightning Shoot Want Room Across Desires
We used to have a photo of me in full clown makeup taken when my son was 5. And when he was 17 or 18, he said, 'Yeah, that thing used to scare me. I hated that photo.' So it is scary; clowning is scary to people. Bill Irwin
Me Son People Clown Photo Hated Scare Scary He Taken Makeup Said Yeah Clowning Full Used Thing
We constantly run lines together before every show too, and then there's a long, traditionally long, story to tell the audience every show. Today, we're doing it twice. Bill Irwin
Today Together Long Before Every Too Tell Run Constantly Long Story Audience Doing Lines Story Then Show Twice
It's an exhilarating play, and you come off tired, but thrilled. Bill Irwin
Tired You Thrilled Come Exhilarating Off Play
I used to be called a post-modern clown. But now, post-modernism is a quaint notion, too. Bill Irwin
Clown Too Quaint Notion Used Now
What I love is the comedy of the body. It's a little highfalutin', but you can even say pre-verbal comedy. People laugh differently at stuff that isn't brought to them via the spoken word. It's from a different place; it's a different quality of laughter. Bill Irwin
Love You Quality Love Is People Comedy Word Laughter Say Laugh Brought Spoken Spoken Word Stuff Via Different Place Little Them Body Different Place Even Differently
You may work under incredible pressure over two hours in a day, but you're often around that studio 14 to 16 hours of that day. Bill Irwin
Work Day You Pressure Incredible Studio Over Hours Around May Often Two
I was a shy kid, wasn't necessarily an extrovert, but I couldn't help doing voices. Bill Irwin
Kid Extrovert Voices Doing Help Necessarily Shy
I used to watch the 'Jackie Gleason Show' and Phil Silvers, those early TV things. And a lot of them were patterned on the silent comedies of the '20s. Bill Irwin
Those TV Silent Gleason Comedies Were Lot Jackie Them Used Show Things Watch Early Phil
People ask me, 'Have you done much drag?' And I say, 'I don't think of it as drag. I'm playing a woman!' Bill Irwin
Me You Woman People Think Say Done Ask Much Playing Drag
Competition between men is a fuel that's useful to us. We have to be careful that it doesn't tell the same story over too many times, but it's amazing how durable that story is. Bill Irwin
Competition Amazing Men Too Tell Be Careful Between Over How Times Durable Same Same Story Story Fuel Us Useful Many Careful

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