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We want to be able to fly. We want to be able to sear somebody with lightning from across the room. Those are primal desires, to shoot somebody with energy.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Able Across Desires Energy Fly Lightning Primal Room Shoot Somebody Those Want

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I was a shy kid, wasn't necessarily an extrovert, but I couldn't help doing voices.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Doing Extrovert Help Kid Necessarily Shy Voices

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People ask me, 'Have you done much drag?' And I say, 'I don't think of it as drag. I'm playing a woman!'

~Bill Irwin

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We constantly run lines together before every show too, and then there's a long, traditionally long, story to tell the audience every show. Today, we're doing it twice.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Audience Before Constantly Doing Every Lines Long Run Show Story Tell Then Today Together Too Twice

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It's an exhilarating play, and you come off tired, but thrilled.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Come Exhilarating Off Play Thrilled Tired You

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Being nominated is a great thrill, and we like to say that all four of us were nominated, which means that our director, Anthony Page was nominated four times.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Being Director Four Great Like Means Nominated Our Page Say Thrill Times Us Were Which

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The fact is that we like each other very much, and we of course see each other on stage all the time, but this means more time to spend together, and that's great. We couldn't be happier.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Course Each Fact Great Happier Like Means More Much Other See Spend Stage Time Together Very

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People keep telling us, that they didn't know when they were booking tickets for it, but afterwards they say that they've had no sense that they were watching an old fashioned play.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Afterwards Had Keep Know No Sense Old People Play Say Sense Telling They Say Tickets Us Watching Were

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This play is truly a great invention, and we're having a great time doing it eight times a week.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Doing Eight Great Great Time Having Invention Play Time Times Truly Week

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We used to have a photo of me in full clown makeup taken when my son was 5. And when he was 17 or 18, he said, 'Yeah, that thing used to scare me. I hated that photo.' So it is scary; clowning is scary to people.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: Clown Full Hated He Makeup Me People Photo Said Scare Scary Son Taken Thing Used Yeah

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: April 11th, 1950

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