I don't write plays for them to be turned into movies. Tracy Letts More Quotes by Tracy Letts More Quotes From Tracy Letts I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our theater know me by sight, because they've seen me onstage so much. Tracy Letts know me success people I don't have a great face for camera. Tracy Letts camera face great One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations. Tracy Letts things you done hope I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It helps me to write any play that I'm working on because I think one of the things I do well is write good roles for actors. Tracy Letts good think me experience I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but it's not where my inclination is. I want to hide. Tracy Letts hide admire want writing