Quotes About Drama

The script of a play is not a finished product: It's a set of instructions.

I had done drama at university, but I never thought I could be a director. There were so few female directors then. I just assumed you had to be a man to be a director. I also assumed you had to be extremely authoritarian and extremely intellectual, none of which I was.

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.

I'd say that 'In the Heart of the Sea' is the most challenging movie I've made. It was tough to figure out how to lead this large cast into some very sensitive, intense, emotional scenes.

People tell me I'm doing all these intense women and that I should lighten up. Then I do a comedy that I'm not happy with, and I think, 'Let's go back to heavy, heart-breaking drama; it's so much more fun.'

Drama school is a pretty intense experience, and I think it changes who you are.

There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.

I think drug movies free the director to make intense films.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

It's definitely intense to walk away from at the end of each season.

I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

The intensity of 'Arjun Reddy' was too much for me.

The most important thing in a love story for me is the intensity and passion that my lead actors bring into playing their characters.

Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

I love crying. I pick movies to go see with the intention of crying.

Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad. We always go out with the best of intentions, whether it's fluffy comedy or a drama.

Whenever I write, I write very dialogue-heavy things because I love to force my characters to interact with one another.

In drama, you're interacting with other actors to tell the story. The camera is like the theater: it's the artistic fourth wall. In a screen play, you don't look at the camera and communicate with it. But with hosting, you're looking right into the lens and talking to the people. It is a different style, and it's fascinating.

Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative.

I'm very interested in Comedia dell'Arte.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

I have always liked family-type dramas; I just think the dynamics in families make for some really interesting characters.

The interesting thing about a lot of serialized television is that it's a blessing and curse.

The Bachelor's' a very interesting thing, you can't fake your way through it.