Craig Lucas Quotations

. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.

. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last. In my experience, they want no real representations of homosexuality, they want no complexity, they are terrified of ambiguity and unanswered questions - they don't know what they want, except that they want to make lots of money. The only freedom I've ever had as an artist has been in the theatre . . ..

THE DYING GAUL is a Hollywood satire. But Hollywood is not the real subject matter here. My play uses that world of high-rolling big money - that crazy-making business - to examine a whole range of subjects..

Never to be squandered.....the miracle of another human being.

We felt that Robert had to have qualities that Jeffrey and Elaine hadn't encountered before. Not just his good looks, but his talent and his intensity. And because Robert is grieving, he's extremely vulnerable, and that draws Jeffrey and Elaine in as well.

Demand for home improvement remodeling is obviously on the increase and contractors will need to make adjustments to satisfy the increased demand in home improvement.

But Peter is the real thing - a great actor on stage, on film. He won't go out of style.

He doesn't look for the audience to validate him. And those kind of actors - those kind of people - are few and far between.