When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces. Zoe Kazan cryfacefool Change image and share on social
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 americanasleepbed Change image and share on social
I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did. Zoe Kazan parentpeoplewrite Change image and share on social
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 actorbadexperience Change image and share on social
People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are incredibly down-to-earth people who worked really hard to raise us in a way that was health. Zoe Kazan assumptionearthhard Change image and share on social
And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else. Zoe Kazan awfulcryday share on social
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 badboredestructive Change image and share on social
But my family's really close and I was interested in what Mommy and Daddy did for a living. So when Mommy and Daddy had a script that wasn't totally age inappropriate, they would let me read it. And we would talk about it. Zoe Kazan ageclosedaddy share on social
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway. Zoe Kazan dialogueearneconomical share on social
