Trapped in a Trailer

Can you write when you’re acting in a film?

SHEPARD

There are certain attitudes that shut everything down. It’s very easy, for example, to get a bad attitude from a movie. I mean you’re trapped in a trailer, people are pounding on the door, asking if you’re ready, and at the same time you’re trying to write.

Do you actually write on the set?

SHEPARD

Film locations are a great opportunity to write. I don’t work on plays while I’m shooting a movie, but I’ve done short stories and a couple of novels.
- Sam Shepard, Paris Review Interview