Wallace Shawn

We’re in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and…

In terms of number of movies, I’ve been in an extraordinary amount. If you count…

I don’t happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don’t know what’s…

In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps…

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why…

I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freud’s…

I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and…

For some reason, people find me funny. It’s quite hard to define why a thought…

You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it’s funny, and then on…

But because we’ve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we…

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn’t understand…