Christopher Durang Quotes

• Laughter can bring a new perspective.

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• I didn’t have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.

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  Tags in Teacher, Sister

• I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

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  Tags in Theatre, Wanting, Writer

• My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don’t think that they actually got to know one another deeply.

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  Topics in Father, Mother

  Tags in Thought, Profession

• Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

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  Topics in Job

  Tags in Sometimes, Resentment

• On the one hand, I’m grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.

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  Tags in Thrilled, Grateful

• My parents didn’t really know one another.

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• Since it’s based on my parents, it’s more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.

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  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Parents, Care, Emotionally

• Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.

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• When my parents separated, I was very grateful.

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Christopher Durang (10)

Birth:	2nd January, 1949
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Playwright

About

Christopher Ferdinand Durang was born in Montclair, New Jersey. He is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. He received a B.A. in English from Harvard and an M.F.A. in playwriting from Yale School of Drama.

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