Laughter can bring a new perspective.

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My parents didn't really know one another.

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I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

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When my parents separated, I was very grateful.

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I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.

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On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.

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Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.

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Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

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My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply.

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Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.

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