Radio allowed me to be a creator, and TV stole that creation from me by literalizing - and to some extent limiting - my vision. Spalding Gray allowcreationcreator Change image and share on social
I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to. Spalding Gray backfantasizegirlfriend share on social
I may look like an American WASPy doctor or lawyer, but I feel just like Woody Allen. Don't cast me for my looks - I have a very ironic, existential, crazy Jew in me. Spalding Gray allenamericancast Change image and share on social
Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours. Spalding Gray goodhourminute Change image and share on social
I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself. Spalding Gray actorcollegeemerson Change image and share on social
What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and do what has to be done to enjoy, stay alive, take pleasure in this place. Spalding Gray alivedecipherenjoy share on social
I think of my father and how confused he was by me. He understood my love for theater, and he understood that New York City was the only place that it was happening in America, really, in any live way. Spalding Gray americacityconfuse share on social
When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. Spalding Gray citygaragegroup Change image and share on social
I was raised as an upper-class WASP in New England, and there was this old tradition there that everyone would simply be guided into the right way after Ivy League college and onward and upward. And it rejected me, I rejected it, and I ended up as a kind of refugee, really. Spalding Gray classcollegeend share on social
If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover. Spalding Gray goodlaughlover Change image and share on social
