Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world… — Dina Powell Copy Share Image
What is a photograph? For me, a fragment of quick-silver, a lucid dream, a scribbled note from the subconscious to be deciphered,… — Eva Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people who go to drama school have this ease with the text and they all have five… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
'The Practice' I was on for seven years and it was a law show, so I really - a lot of objections… — Kelli Williams Copy Share Image
I like to think that I differ from other interviewers in the sense that I hide my agenda more successfully, and I'm… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I didn't know what acting school was, so I went onto the computer and typed 'acting school.' I found one in Berlin,… — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
As a practical matter, I like the dramatic monologue for its compelling intimacy. To be inside one's character, to register his or… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
He was a volatile mixture of confidence and vulnerability. He could deliver extended monologues on professional matters, then promptly stop in his… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
They're not gong to give Hateful Eight its credit now, they'll give it its credit later. Hateful Eight was too long. I… — Bun B Copy Share Image
While contemplating the bride, and eyeing the cake of soap, he muttered between his teeth: 'Tuesday. It was not Tuesday. Was it… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I really needed to dramatize and clarify that Rachel was taking strides towards her own healing and her own sobriety - and… — Erin Cressida Wilson Copy Share Image
If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
When I started writing short stories, I thought I was writing a novel. I had like 60 or 70 pages. And what… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
My experience as a Jewish American has often been as a spectator of one-sided conversations, or more like monologues, about Israel, Jewish… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
A film, since it is primarily a visual medium, should really be like a silent film. You should be able to watch… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're singing, it can be looked at as a monologue, in a way. If it's about telling a story and connecting… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
It's no wonder human beings are so narcissistic. The way our ears are constructed, we can hear only what is right next… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
My favorite play is Hamlet. It was my first love when it comes to Shakespeare, and I've read it and seen it… — Ian Doescher Copy Share Image
It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Conversation succeeds conversation, Until there's nothing left to talk about Except truth, the perennial monologue, And no talker to dispute it but… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply… — Kali Hawk Copy Share Image
[Interminable monologues] became an issue only late in [Adolf] Hitler's life. He became repetitive after the war started going badly in Russia.… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
Well people love to go dirty and stuff like that. It's funny, because even really dirty things can kind of inspire, but… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Actor training should be broadly humanistic, involving the study not just of dramatic literature and theatre history, but of languages, literature, and… — Richard Hornby Copy Share Image
Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I found out about it probably 9 - 10 months before we shot the film [Don't Kill It] because it was postponed… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
If you're a musician, you can practice your guitar every day and write songs, but when you're an actor, you can't just… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
“Best Villainous Monologues, 2nd ed. Spells for Suffering, Year 1 The Novice’s Guide to Kidnapping & Murder Embracing Ugliness Inside & Out… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
It's funny, because even though on a drama like 'Picket Fences' those long monologues would stress me out, doing special effects where… — Holly Marie Combs Copy Share Image
The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has… — Vance Palmer Copy Share Image
I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I started writing because it was hard to find acting jobs. I didn't like any monologues in auditions, so I started to… — Kirsten Vangsness Copy Share Image
You have Cameron Crowe write an incredible monologue for you just based on the things that you're talking about. It just became… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
![“They're not gong to give Hateful Eight its credit now, they'll give it its credit later. Hateful Eight was too long. I think we've indulged Quentin [Tarantino] so much with his monologues. Quentin has this very strong cult following around him and his projects, and people are always expecting so…” quote by Bun B](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/780/bun-b-10711_credit_they-re-not-gong-to-give-hateful-eight-i_718205.jpg)
![“I really needed to dramatize and clarify that Rachel was taking strides towards her own healing and her own sobriety - and that she was actually thoroughly frightened about what she may have done.This was something that was so beautifully done in the book [The Girl on the Train] through inner…” quote by Erin Cressida Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/921/erin-cressida-wilson-43151_alcoholics_i-really-needed-to-dramatize-and-clarify_2165326.jpg)
![“It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in movies. Hopefully when people think about the movie when they go home, they're like, "That's weird. He's maybe crazy. He's talking to a dog the whole time."” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f55/ti-west-2310_being-crazy_it-s-this-long-monologue-in-valley-of-vi_3029823.jpg)
![“[Interminable monologues] became an issue only late in [Adolf] Hitler's life. He became repetitive after the war started going badly in Russia. He wasn't like this earlier on, he could be very funny in our small group, very relaxed, teasing and it was just a relaxed atmosphere.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/195/gretl-braun-9500_atmosphere_interminable-monologues-became-an-issue_2954326.jpg)
![“I found out about it probably 9 - 10 months before we shot the film [Don't Kill It] because it was postponed a couple of times, which was actually a good thing because once it all finally came together, I had to get in there and roll off different pages of dialogue and monologues pretty quickly.” quote by Dolph Lundgren](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6fc/dolph-lundgren-7935_cinema_i-found-out-about-it-probably-9-10-month_2432080.png)
