Quotes About Drama

Every day I learn something new, and, you know, you go through life's experiences, and if you can bring every experience at some point somewhere in every drama or every story that you have to portray, you will come across an emotion or a feeling you have had some point in your life.

I don't even want a song to ramp up the drama, you know? I want music to be there only when it really enhances the feeling.

I want to do masala movies. I love the Bollywood films that we are known for. I love the whole song and dance act.

'EastEnders' keeps me so busy - that is where I'm at and I can't see that changing too soon. There's nothing that has quite got the punch of an 'EastEnders' script.

But, sooner or later I'd love to do a comedy. I mean I think that, you know, people don't think that that's in my wheelhouse because I've sort of played a lot of dramatic stuff and that's certainly a side of myself that I want at some point in the right context, in the right stuff, that I find really funny.

I was just this little theater geek. I joined the drama program my freshman year. I read the morning announcements my sophomore year. I didn't have to eat in the cafeteria with everyone else because my drama teacher was cool. Everybody knew who I was, and that's all I ever wanted as a theater kid.

I was a huge 'Sopranos' fan, obviously.

I've seen every episode of 'Sopranos.'

The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.

I'm obsessed with the 'Real Housewives ATL,' sorry about it. It's one of my favorite shows of all time.

The 'Bachelor' producers have scripted and are responsible for certain events: the first moon landing, the end of the cold war, Astro-turf, and the Internet (sorry, Al Gore, it was us). But we are not responsible for, nor have we ever scripted, the ending of this show.

I never sought to play monsters in films.

I'd like to do an action film, a full-on comedy film, family dramas and a soulful romantic film.

I've kind of always had this balance between genre and personal dramas. It almost feels like the two help each other. If I was just to make a genre film, maybe it would be hollow and soulless. If I was just to make a personal drama, maybe it would be melodramatic and nobody would ever go see it.

It is true everyone is going to enjoy their 15 minutes of fame, but they're going to have to sell their souls for it. For those who chase it, I hope it's worth the drama.

You can't judge a character, and you're never going to always play characters that are morally sound or know right from wrong.

'The Sound of Music' is set in 1938 in Austria at the time of the Anschluss.

This was basically the first time I got to act in action scenes, with things blowing up all around me. It sounds corny, but I think every actor would like to - at least once in his or her career - play the person who saves the entire world.

I've just made a cancer drama, called 'Now Is Good,' directed by Ol Parker and starring Dakota Fanning. We filmed in Brighton and it's about a girl dying of leukemia, although it's not as depressing as it sounds.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

When you think of the 'Exorcist,' you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if you look at the first half of that film, the stuff between her and Ellen Burstyn is so naturalistic and so real.

Ek Hasina Thi' is a love story that went sour.

In families you can find the source of every human drama. It is interesting because the cell of a society, the cell of a country, the cell of humanity - everything lies in the family.

I got to direct a human interest sports drama - to this day, one of my proudest achievements in my career and a source of undying pride.