- Temptation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drama Quotes
On working across drama, comedy, and the space between them.
These are quotes from people who work in drama rather than about domestic drama — actors describing a role's realism, a band admitting no album comes without friction, and a career built moving between comedic and dramatic parts. See Dramatic quotes for a related angle.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Humility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Survivor' was, to me, an absolute reaction that the audience was having to the sort of staid nature of narrative drama on television.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been fortunate because I got the gift to do comedy and drama. When you can do both, you get twice as many parts as anyone else.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sciences were not my favourite subjects at school. I preferred English, drama, music, and history.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love drama - mum calls me a Drama Queen!
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Oldham and moved to Manchester and London. I didn't go to drama school. I just did a B-Tech.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Taboo' certainly isn't a commentary on other types of period drama. It's just a different way of tackling one.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rush into scripted video by tech giants is going to accelerate an evolution of entertainment that's already underway. We're already moving away from the idea that drama is a 60-minute exercise with four bathroom breaks.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's usually human drama that carries with it issues of race or class that attracts me. That was certainly the case with 'No Crossover.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.
- Nov 07, 2020