I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count! Zoe Kazan americanasleepbed Change image and share on social
I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play. Zoe Kazan classcollegejob Change image and share on social
Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world. Zoe Kazan feelimaginativeleap Change image and share on social
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway. Zoe Kazan dialogueearneconomical share on social
And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else. Zoe Kazan awfulcryday share on social
But my family's really close and I was interested in what Mommy and Daddy did for a living. So when Mommy and Daddy had a script that wasn't totally age inappropriate, they would let me read it. And we would talk about it. Zoe Kazan ageclosedaddy share on social
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays. Zoe Kazan comparedifficultfind Change image and share on social
My schedule is completely different doing a play than it is doing a movie, and I actually think it's a much harder schedule because you've got to do it eight times a week and you've got to do it good eight times a week and with different kinds of audiences who are cold or drunk or tired, whatever it is. Zoe Kazan audiencecoldcompletely share on social
I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well. Zoe Kazan actorbadexperience Change image and share on social