Beth Henley Quotes


Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class. Beth Henley Acting 89
Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much. Beth Henley Fun 82
My fault now is making my plays too short. Beth Henley Fault 77
The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress. Beth Henley Food 74
I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money. Beth Henley Failed 71
It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright. Beth Henley Become 71
The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play. Beth Henley Art 69
The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi. Beth Henley Alone 58
I love writing for the screen. Beth Henley Love 53
Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny. Beth Henley Funny 50
My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana. Beth Henley First 48
In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class. Beth Henley Alignment 47
I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays. Beth Henley Community 46
Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct. Beth Henley Direct 39
I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness. Beth Henley Being 32
Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department. Beth Henley Dallas 30
I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles. Beth Henley Angeles 28

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