Quotes About Drama

Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19.

I've never done an actual Western, and I would love to do that. I've done drama and dark comedy stuff. I've never really done a romantic comedy either. I would do that.

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.

I'm not sure I approve of theatre as a university course. I think theatre's something you do. I mean, literature is a subject; theatre is practical.

I began to tell people that I wanted to be an entertainer. Between the ages of five and 11 there was an intense amount of practical drama going on.

My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes, then it's historical. Then ask, 'Did this thing happen precisely this way?' If the answer is yes, then it's history; if the answer is no, not precisely this way, then it's historical drama.

Acting is many things, and one is an exercise of will. In any given scene, you're trying to find where the drama and conflict is and then deploy the actors to play at that point of conflict with precision, control, and complete will.

You want the match to be like a roller coaster, so you can't predict it.

It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.

What do I predict with the HBO 'Game Change' movie? I expect my family and Sarah Palin to be nothing short of crucified.

This is why sports will always be the greatest of dramas; the most exciting entertainment known to man. Nobody can predict the outcome and the script is ever in flux.

I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.

I always prefer a good script, be it a movie or drama script.

I love being the bad guy. I think that the audience prefer me as a bad guy.

We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I have thought this through' - well, just do it. I much prefer the doing aspect.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.