Quotes About Dialogue

I know how I want to operate as an artist. And that is by having an honest, genuine dialogue about this kind of screwed up journey I've had that I'm so thankful for.

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.

I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'

When you walk into those situations that have a lot of conflict in them, the first thing to do is to be present enough to allow the other person to speak first. You're not giving power away; you're actually allowing them to feel seen and understood.

I think that the most important thing for me is, how is the character that I would be reading for? Is it interesting? Is there stuff to do? Are there things that you can do with the character? How can you play it out? Just those kinds of things that are very important for an actor. Also, a good director and good dialogue.

I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.

And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing.

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.

I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the playwright. So I am, of course, a huge fan of scripted everything.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.

Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.

Our English language really says if you're not a theist, the only alternative is to be an atheist. What I'm trying to do is develop a language that will enable us to talk about God beyond the, what I think, are sterile categories of theism and atheism.

I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.

The best way to reveal a character is to get them to open their mouths.

People listen better if they feel that you have understood them. They tend to think that those who understand them are intelligent and sympathetic people whose own opinions may be worth listening to. So if you want the other side to appreciate your interests, begin by demonstrating that you appreciate theirs.

If you want someone to listen and understand your reasoning, give your interests and reasoning first and your conclusions or proposals later.

Il y a un véritable dialogue lorsque chaque interlocuteur, dès le départ, est convaincu qu'il a quelque chose à apprendre de l'autre.

I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things.

Conversación crucial es entonces aquella entre dos o más personas donde 1) las opiniones son opuestas, 2) hay importantes factores en juego y 3) las emociones son intensas.

If you persist over time, refusing to take offense, making your motive genuine, showing respect, and constantly searching for Mutual Purpose, then the other person will almost join you in a dialogue.