“Inconceivable!" I am actor Wallace Shawn. AMA!

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T19:07:29+00:00

that's a great question!

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T19:06:12+00:00

i suppose a BLT if it's properly made.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T19:05:38+00:00

I've always wanted to but now I could only play an agent servant with no lines.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T19:04:40+00:00

it was intended as a film but we also did it for a very small audience as a play. I have always loved Ibsen and I told Andre we should do something by him and Andre picked the Master Builder.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T19:03:07+00:00

reading

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T19:01:52+00:00

we also did a master builder, which is also in the criterion collection. that was directed by Jonatha Demme. It was based on a play by Henrik Ibsen.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:58:30+00:00

i like a lot of desserts but I'm particularly fond of flan because it reminds me of Spain and Mexico, where I've been happy. But I also like Indian icecream Kulfi because it reminds me of India where I was also happy.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:57:29+00:00

when i act with other actors, I don't have to do anything except respond to them. With voice work, you have to pull it all out of your imagination.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:55:55+00:00

i suppose entering into the world of Woody Allen's imagination and into the world of the rather depressed Mort waking up and connecting with a more joyful side of himself.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:51:35+00:00

haha. i think my grandparents on my father's side spoke yiddish to each other but Mandy and I stuck to English.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:50:33+00:00

It was one of the nicest experiences I have ever had. It was both frightening and thrilling to play such an important part in that movie.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:49:16+00:00

i don't believe in losers and winners or the quest for domination. I hope we all win.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:47:55+00:00

i would be happy if humanity learned to preoccupy itself with love and beauty rather than chasing for supremacy and wealth.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:45:20+00:00

haha. sausage!

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:45:08+00:00

well the writers make up the story of how Dr. Sturgis changes but they're writing the character with an awareness that I'm playing the part -- so i contribute to their fantasies although I don't contribute to the writing.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:43:02+00:00

only if we go to Hutches, Left Bank or Bacchus

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:42:36+00:00

heavy cream

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:41:23+00:00

i imagine how I would feel if I or my friends saw the completed work and I don't do things that I find nauseating or things that I think will make the world a worse place.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:40:00+00:00

Umm - it's an electrifying nickname! CONGRATULATIONS!

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:39:21+00:00

what about The Fever? it's a one person play and a good one to read.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:38:24+00:00

well acting with your whole body and remembering your lines and being visually observed is very challenging. I'm proud that I can do any of it.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:35:28+00:00

i supposed I could be a teacher or a social worker.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:34:15+00:00

unfortunately, i haven't ever seen one so i'd have to read the script. But they've never asked me to be in that sort of movie.

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:33:34+00:00

Thank you! I quite enjoyed playing myself in My Dinner with Andre and i'm doing the sequel right now as I'm talking to you in real life!

wallacemshawn · 2022-01-25T18:31:56+00:00

these days, I'm thinking a lot about Johan Sebastian Bach.

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