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James Lapine
James Lapine
American Director
Born: Jan 1, 1949
About Like Me People Writing You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
I need an audience to look at what I've done so I can understand it, so I can step back and watch them respond and figure out what they're understanding about what I'm trying to do and what they're confused about. James Lapine
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That's the thing about dreams - they're ineffable. If you can get to the bottom of it, it's not a dream. James Lapine
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The music is the emotional substance of the show; the book just sets it up. Nobody goes to a musical to hear the book. That's the way it works. James Lapine
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I'd like to just say that there's nothing darker than 'Old Yeller' and 'Bambi' and some of the early Disney stuff. James Lapine
Old Nothing Say Darker Some Stuff Like Bambi Than Just Disney Early
I really enjoyed writing the adaptation of 'Into The Woods.' I thought it was wonderful to not be the director, frankly. I really enjoyed that aspect of it. James Lapine
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I'm drawn to dreams. James Lapine
Dreams Drawn
I'm a very laid-back person. James Lapine
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I like to keep a low profile. James Lapine
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I love photography... I'd like to write a show about photography. James Lapine
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As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems. James Lapine
Happiness You Problems Older Involves Lot Get Realize
The one thing you don't want to do is go off and keep rewriting. If something's not quite right, it's often about modulating what's already there. James Lapine
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I was a youngish man entering fatherhood when we wrote 'Woods,' a patchwork of classic fairy tales with an original tale sewn in. I had dedicated my libretto to my baby daughter. James Lapine
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Something I like to do is watch someone else do their thing. James Lapine
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Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the rhythm. Shorten the scene. Rewrite the character. Maneuver the waters. Seeming easy is why so many shows aren't good. James Lapine
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The nice thing about the theatre is you can always change it. With a movie, once it's there, you're stuck with it. James Lapine
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Some of the things I've done in my life, I've done to make money because I had to make money... and some things I did just because they were on my mind and they were of interest to me... some of the little plays I wrote. James Lapine
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I designed a theater magazine that was full of plays and essays about the theater, and then I worked at a theater school. By osmosis or something, I was learning from reading plays and not being analytical about them, but when I would read them, the joy in me was mostly from imagining them in my head and visualizing them. James Lapine
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I think visually... so, even when I'm writing a play, I'm envisioning it. James Lapine
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I am thrilled to receive the Sondheim Award from the wonderful Signature Theatre. I have already received the invaluable gift of over twenty-five years of collaboration and friendship with Steve. Now I get to have his award, too! James Lapine
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I don't do movie junket-y things, because I don't really do movies that much. James Lapine
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I'm never so into the three-act movie thing. I know that's the form that people talk about, but it seems to me, in the movie, you just have to keep charging forward. You couldn't start over again like you do after an intermission. You just had to keep the plot moving forward. James Lapine
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It so fascinates me how we always laugh when somebody falls on a banana peel, how comedy and injury are often so interwoven. I've always been a sucker for that. James Lapine
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I'm a hippie child of the '60s. What drives me crazy about mass media entertainment is that it's so often devoid of any ideas. James Lapine
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When you grow up, you don't realize that your parents are any different than anybody else's. And their behavior - you have nothing to compare it to. So that is what normal is, even if it's abnormal. James Lapine
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I did 'Impromptu,' which was a thrill and a horror all at once - my first movie and having to do it in Paris, and my wife wrote it, and I had some difficulties on the set, blah, blah, blah. James Lapine
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