Beth Henley
I think I had a job in a children's theatre. I taught badly because I was into nihilism at the time and that's just not where you go with teaching.
Beth HenleyThe 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.
Beth HenleyThe next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.
Beth HenleyThe class I liked the best, that I think helped me the most, was my movement class because when I got out of high school, I was very hunched over.
Beth HenleyI've always emotionally tried to detach myself from my screenwriting and just love doing it, enjoy doing it, and I try to do adaptations.
Beth HenleyYou can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.
Beth HenleyI tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money.
Beth HenleyIn movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.
Beth HenleyIt was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.
Beth HenleyI love writing for the screen.
Beth Henley