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Drama Quotes

Don’t waste time on what’s not important. Don’t get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don’t dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you’d admire Picture Quote #1

So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the kind of strange dysfunction that exists even among deeply functional families Picture Quote #1

When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I’d studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn’t actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge Picture Quote #1

The early settlers amazed her--they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty drama. Theirs was a world of corsets and whipping posts and indentured servitude. People worked the land and died in ungainly ways. Modern life, in comparison, seemed a cinch Picture Quote #1

I cannot help but wonder if any parents ever actually schedule in adolescent drama on their day planners. Looks like a slow week, Sarah. I guess I can pencil in your eating disorder Picture Quote #1

We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport Picture Quote #1

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There are always going to be hospital dramas because if you’re sitting in an emergency room for two hours, I guarantee you you are going to see something that makes you gasp. That’s where drama comes from Picture Quote #1

I feel very strongly influenced by long-form box-set TV drama... I feel really excited that, at last, the novel has found its on-screen equivalent, because the emotional arcs and changes that you can follow are just so much more like a novel, and so many amazing shows recently have done as much as film can do to show the interior world Picture Quote #1

You will free yourself from emotional drama by uncovering all the lies you believe in. It is a process of unlearning the lies. It is a period of cleansing, and it has nothing to do with the dream of society Picture Quote #1

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I’ve done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama Picture Quote #1

You know, comedy’s hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it Picture Quote #1

What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building Picture Quote #1

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In all my movies, there’s always a kind of heartfelt element, to be able to do a drama and to be able to spend more time in the emotional stuff with no pressure to get back to the funny that’s very liberating for me Picture Quote #1

You know how there’s always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I’m not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place Picture Quote #1

The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity Picture Quote #1

When you’re the lead actor in a drama, you have 2 1/2 months at the end of a season to do other projects, and everything has to get done in that time Picture Quote #1

At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course outside of university. So I was at school all day writing, and in the evenings I’d go to drama school. So it was nonstop Picture Quote #1

The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They’ve had to invent a new term for it: ‘high-end television.’ Picture Quote #1

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Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning Picture Quote #1

I’m not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing Picture Quote #1

The strange thing is, if I was speaking to drama students about the thing that you should do if you’re lucky enough to know or to meet the character that you’re playing, I’d say, ‘It’s obvious: you quiz them diligently about their experience.’ Picture Quote #1

At night, I try to sneak in some of the shows that I love. I can’t live without 30 Rock’ - I was a fan before I joined the show in 2007 - and ‘The Office.’ ‘Revenge’ is my drama. And I love Jimmy Kimmel if I can stay up late enough to watch him Picture Quote #1

Around this world will I be enough?From the liquor stores, to the train stop floors, your filthy room, your drama bluesI am nothing if I’m not with you Picture Quote #1

When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit Picture Quote #1

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One would like to say in the aftermath of the 2008 election that everyone lived happily ever after. But the American drama, especially when it involves race, is always more complicated than that Picture Quote #1

When you go into extra time, we’re talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it’s a tragedy Picture Quote #1

In war, people find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, and in those circumstances, they act in extraordinary ways. In war, you see people at their very best and their very worst, acting in ways you could never imagine. War is human drama at its most epic and most intense Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to write without a sense of drama, without passion, or without both eyes open to the world around me Picture Quote #1

I don’t know where people get the idea that every Wilco record is supposed to have drama. OK, I guess historically speaking we’ve had our fair share of ups and downs Picture Quote #1

I loved The Sarah Connor Chronicles that Josh did, and I loved that it was a family drama with a huge, different element. And this is also a family drama with a huge, very different element. I think he’ll kill it. It will be great Picture Quote #1

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Don’t waste time on what’s not important. Don’t get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don’t dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you’d admire. (Drama Quotes) So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the kind of strange dysfunction that exists even among deeply functional families. (Drama Quotes) When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I’d studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn’t actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge. (Drama Quotes) The early settlers amazed her--they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty drama. Theirs was a world of corsets and whipping posts and indentured servitude. People worked the land and died in ungainly ways. Modern life, in comparison, seemed a cinch. (Drama Quotes) I cannot help but wonder if any parents ever actually schedule in adolescent drama on their day planners. Looks like a slow week, Sarah. I guess I can pencil in your eating disorder. (Drama Quotes) We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport. (Drama Quotes) There are always going to be hospital dramas because if you’re sitting in an emergency room for two hours, I guarantee you you are going to see something that makes you gasp. That’s where drama comes from. (Drama Quotes) I feel very strongly influenced by long-form box-set TV drama... I feel really excited that, at last, the novel has found its on-screen equivalent, because the emotional arcs and changes that you can follow are just so much more like a novel, and so many amazing shows recently have done as much as film can do to show the interior world. (Drama Quotes) You will free yourself from emotional drama by uncovering all the lies you believe in. It is a process of unlearning the lies. It is a period of cleansing, and it has nothing to do with the dream of society. (Drama Quotes) It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I’ve done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama. (Drama Quotes) You know, comedy’s hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it. (Drama Quotes) What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building. (Drama Quotes) In all my movies, there’s always a kind of heartfelt element, to be able to do a drama and to be able to spend more time in the emotional stuff with no pressure to get back to the funny that’s very liberating for me. (Drama Quotes) You know how there’s always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I’m not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place. (Drama Quotes) The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity. (Drama Quotes) When you’re the lead actor in a drama, you have 2 1/2 months at the end of a season to do other projects, and everything has to get done in that time. (Drama Quotes) At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course outside of university. So I was at school all day writing, and in the evenings I’d go to drama school. So it was nonstop. (Drama Quotes) The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They’ve had to invent a new term for it: ‘high-end television.’ (Drama Quotes) Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning. (Drama Quotes) I’m not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing. (Drama Quotes) The strange thing is, if I was speaking to drama students about the thing that you should do if you’re lucky enough to know or to meet the character that you’re playing, I’d say, ‘It’s obvious: you quiz them diligently about their experience.’ (Drama Quotes) At night, I try to sneak in some of the shows that I love. I can’t live without 30 Rock’ - I was a fan before I joined the show in 2007 - and ‘The Office.’ ‘Revenge’ is my drama. And I love Jimmy Kimmel if I can stay up late enough to watch him. (Drama Quotes) Around this world will I be enough?From the liquor stores, to the train stop floors, your filthy room, your drama bluesI am nothing if I’m not with you. (Drama Quotes) When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit. (Drama Quotes) One would like to say in the aftermath of the 2008 election that everyone lived happily ever after. But the American drama, especially when it involves race, is always more complicated than that. (Drama Quotes) When you go into extra time, we’re talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it’s a tragedy. (Drama Quotes) In war, people find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, and in those circumstances, they act in extraordinary ways. In war, you see people at their very best and their very worst, acting in ways you could never imagine. War is human drama at its most epic and most intense. (Drama Quotes) I don’t want to write without a sense of drama, without passion, or without both eyes open to the world around me. (Drama Quotes) I don’t know where people get the idea that every Wilco record is supposed to have drama. OK, I guess historically speaking we’ve had our fair share of ups and downs. (Drama Quotes) I loved The Sarah Connor Chronicles that Josh did, and I loved that it was a family drama with a huge, different element. And this is also a family drama with a huge, very different element. I think he’ll kill it. It will be great. (Drama Quotes)

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