Beth Henley

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana. ”

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed. ”

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money. ”

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you. ”

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed. ”

The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress. ”

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles. ”

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness. ”

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble. ”

I love writing for the screen. ”