Quotes About Drama

I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your home. And certainly, seeing them get into bad situations and then watching them have to get themselves out, that's always super satisfying.

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.

I think any story line that involves a relationship is going to be interesting.

TV writing is different than other mediums, involving the writer.

What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.

With Irish drama, things are told with humor.

Ironically at drama school I was told I didn't have a voice conducive for radio.

Whether it's Shakespeare or Moliere, irony is a key component in the construction of theatre. A script would be pretty bad if it was devoid of irony.

I'm a big fan of Italian neo-realism and all of that stuff.

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

I took opportunities, big or small, to show that I was a constant professional. I feel like the Sam Jackson of network TV drama.

The draining away of James Baldwin's magic was a drama much discussed in the years leading up to his death in 1987 at the age of sixty-three.

But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show.

You need a good James Clavell novel, I think, to make a good miniseries.

I saw 'Othello' with Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones.

James Spader is a good actor.

I would love to play a fun character. Like, I would love to be in 'A Long Day's Journey Into Night.' I love that play. I'd play Edmond or Jamie. I don't care which.

'Bridgerton' is something a bit like if Jane Austen met Gossip Girl' and maybe like 45 Shades of Grey.'

You're never safe in 'Jane the Virgin;' that's what I'll say. You're never safe on a telenovela, that's for darn sure, and you're never safe on 'Jane the Virgin.'

I would say anything is possible on 'Jane the Virgin.'

'Cardiac Arrest' was the first British drama to use a lot of medical jargon. 'ER' began the following year and was the first American drama to do that.

I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.

It's easy to forget that when you take out all the shark stuff, 'Jaws' is a really beautiful human drama.

In 'The Beginning,' each one of us was introduced, but the audience didn't know our back stories and the drama. You wouldn't have known how deep Bhallaladeva's jealousy for Baahubali is.