Beth Henley

The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.

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

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.