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I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all. — Wallace Shawn

I'm a very lucky man. It's a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls. — Wallace Shawn

'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever top it. — Wallace Shawn

I don't know about you, but I only have one life, and I don't want to spend it in a sewer of injustice. — Wallace Shawn

You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more. — Wallace Shawn

I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it. — Wallace Shawn

In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. — Wallace Shawn

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's? — Wallace Shawn

As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable. — Wallace Shawn

I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes. — Wallace Shawn

The Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon. — Noam Chomsky

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance? — Wallace Shawn

There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic. — Wallace Shawn

I was clever enough to know that John Donne was offering something that was awfully enjoyable. I just wasn't clever enough to actually enjoy it. — Wallace Shawn

I don't have a television, and I'm just not too up on television. — Wallace Shawn

I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write. — Wallace Shawn

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors. — Wallace Shawn

And my singing, I don't think I could sing Wagner or opera, but I could probably carry a tune. I was in a musical once, but it was never performed. — Wallace Shawn

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior — Wallace Shawn

Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life. — Wallace Shawn

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine! — Wallace Shawn

I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like. — Wallace Shawn

The life of an actor can be very enviable. — Wallace Shawn

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies. — Wallace Shawn

My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange. — Wallace Shawn

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard. — Wallace Shawn

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years. — Wallace Shawn

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. — Wallace Shawn

Escape before it's too late. — Wallace Shawn

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing. — Wallace Shawn

I have been vain since birth. — Wallace Shawn

In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long. — Wallace Shawn

You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that's enjoyable because it's 'disturbing.' — Wallace Shawn

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it. — Wallace Shawn