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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.


Laura Carmichael

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LAURA WASSER The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that you...
LAURA WASSER If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really s...
LAURA WASSER Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way....
LAURA WASSER My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law ...
LAURA WASSER Just as you go to the gym regularly to keep your body fit, regular couples counseling can keep your ...
LAURA WASSER Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that k...
LAURA WASSER It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going ...
LAURA WADE I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport...
LAURA WADE I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quit...
LAURA WADE Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wou...
LAURA WADE It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?
LAURA WADE Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've j...
LAURA WADE 'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bas...
LAURA WADE I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting...
LAURA WADE Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew?
LAURA WADE And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written...
LAURA WADE In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produ...
LAURA WADE I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.
LAURA WADE I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the op...
LAURA WADE I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever se...
LAURA WADE I don't like writing with real people in mind.
LAURA WADE I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like...
LAURA WADE It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
LAURA WADE Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's ...
LAURA WADE If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one ...
LAURA WADE Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it become...
LAURA WADE A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put...
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