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I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Always Happen Surprised Things Work

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I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Cool Hip

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If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Approach Differently Going Knew Live Lives Old Our Our Lives Very Were Years

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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.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Again Been City First Literature No Problem Normalcy Over People Person Problem Problematic Said Say Screwed-Up Sense Suburbs Thinking You

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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.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Believe Forget Fresh Make Make Believe Make Up Making Material Mental Myself New Show Some Up Working

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The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Able Being Brain Daily Dripping End Kinds Out Seem Shut Since Stuff Up Well Work World

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Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Eric Himself Pretty Real Self-Conscious Well

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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.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Being Best Could Doing Idealistic Inadequate Know Never Seventeen Thought

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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.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: About Audience Generally Go Like Likes Many Me Opposition People Puts Read Reads Theater Things Think Thinks Ways Who Write I Think I Write

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I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

~Eric Bogosian

Topics: Acting Create Excuse Performing Plays Write I Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 24th, 1953

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