 Laughter can bring a new perspective. |
| I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius. |
| Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job. |
| My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply. |
| Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that. |
| I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre. |
| On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid. |
| Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them. |
| When my parents separated, I was very grateful. |
| My parents didn't really know one another. |
