Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosianis an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist and historian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 April 1953
CityWoburn, MA
CountryUnited States of America
writing past people
I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me.
writing thinking people
I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally.
thinking cities people
If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy.
people acting
I love playing other people's work. I love acting.
fake-people believe forget
It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material.
people long pay
For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.
love-you people boring
There is nothing more boring than people who love you.
I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen.
real self eric
Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.
perspective guy becoming
From my perspective of a guy in his late forties, its becoming more and more clear to me that the right thing to do and the wrong thing to do all depend on what part of life you are looking at it from.
new-york school writing
I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.
bricks-and-mortar house actors
I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.
idealistic seventeen knows
I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic.
writing play acting
I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.