David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaireis an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth30 November 1969
CountryUnited States of America
charge director mostly pictures stage terms visual
Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a performance. For theater, the director does everything he can and then says, 'Out you go,' and the actors are in charge of that stage every night.
breathing calling constantly deadlines eight helps hour might nine noon people tapping toes work
Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.
cash change charge check course people
Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your words. People can give you notes, but you don't have to take them. In Hollywood you take them and you cash your check and that's your job. It's very different.
apply incredibly people saying themselves work worked
I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make your own luck. But I know people firsthand who worked incredibly hard, who were really smart, who never got into trouble, and still didn't get a break.
events unlikely
So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...
humble thinking people
The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.
people chance harder
I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.
writing play nazi
Only assholes write plays about Nazis.
musical want ifs
I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.
writing rabbits looks
I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.
writing thinking who-i-am
I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it.
class identity knows
Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.
hard-work opportunity thinking
We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.
writing passion play
I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.