When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room. Spalding Gray breakdownchristcome Change image and share on social
I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person. Spalding Gray basicallyfearfulperson Change image and 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
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
Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos. Spalding Gray chaoscontingent Change image and share on social
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
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 say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God. Spalding Gray artistcollagecontrol share on social
The fact that New York continues in the face of all of the chaos, of the crime, of the madness, you just think that it would just pop and vanish, just explode. Spalding Gray chaoscontinuecrime Change image and share on social
I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City . Spalding Gray americacitycoast Change image and share on social
