I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem. Zoe Kazan More Quotes by Zoe Kazan More Quotes From Zoe Kazan And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly. Zoe Kazan tendencies bored self Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse. Zoe Kazan down-and force writing I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did. Zoe Kazan like-something parent people I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people. Zoe Kazan pretentious film people I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies. Zoe Kazan theater painful movie-love I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays. Zoe Kazan difficult grew-up play I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count! Zoe Kazan radio bed hate I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that imaginary life came from reading. Zoe Kazan first-love reading children I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies. Zoe Kazan movie boring I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people. Zoe Kazan curious people I never wanted to be a playwright. Zoe Kazan playwright wanted When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you can rewrite. But as an actor, unless you're watching playback, you really rely on the director to help you. Zoe Kazan editing opportunity directors I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice. Zoe Kazan mad luck games In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people. Zoe Kazan cafes new-york people I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures. Zoe Kazan feel-better kids thinking I'm always disappointed after an audition when I don't get a part and I hear, "Oh, she was too X, or too Y," and it's too much of a quality. Zoe Kazan auditions quality too-much I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way. Zoe Kazan magic profound thinking I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women. Zoe Kazan pygmalion creativity men I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well. Zoe Kazan painful-experiences watches thinking I love to act and that's sort of my first love. That's what I started out doing. Zoe Kazan first-love firsts
