Dramatic Quotes · Page 22

As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with.

— Sonia Rykiel

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to…

— Hilary Duff

In 18th-century Scotland, the main event was the Jacobite rebellion under Bonnie Prince Charlie, so that seems like a nice dramatic backdrop.

— Diana Gabaldon

My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Nothing dramatic can be expected from the Sports Code, because the Olympic Charter has to be respected.

— Abhinav Bindra

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

— Valerie Plame

The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Making [Pineapple Express] was a blast. I'd kind of gotten to the point professionally where I was pretty emotionally exhausted from making…

— Seth Rogen

When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor.…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

The way China is looking to boost consumer spending is astounding. They are going to boost the minimum wage by 13 percent…

— William Fung

Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this…

— Jerry Lewis

“This is merely another definition of dramatic irony: to see through a character’s eyes while being encouraged to see more than the…

— James Wood

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in…

— Jean Dujardin

What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that…

— Mary Stuart Masterson

The more you're able to understand how to do a good dramatic performance, that can inform your comedy. It all informs one…

— Nick Kroll

At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a…

— Julia Bacha

The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the…

— Margaret Feinberg

I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair.…

— Amma Asante

“Actually for a while Jessica had contemplated making a grand entrance wearing only the dress, thinking wickedly about how the sight of…

— Francine Pascal

God isn't interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

My self . . . is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here…

— Paul Klee

Again, it does seem like frustration is mounting in interesting ways, but I'm not sure there will be some dramatic tipping point.…

— Astra Taylor

I tend to work most often from the method of ignoring any ritualistic writing for long periods of time, and then I'll…

— Kevin Keck

We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really…

— Henry Morgenthau, Jr

You're either busy working/moving forward or being dramatic. There's no time for both.

— Anonymous

I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow…

— Stephen Sondheim

Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the…

— Diane Ackerman

I wouldn't be a great candidate for dramatic fighting TV; I'm not a cat-fighting kinda person.

— Mya

We need to be vocal in our support of female colleagues who are pressing for a dramatic shift in the culture of…

— Nick Boles

Every other reality show is so freakin' dramatic, I feel like they bring me down. 'Miz & Mrs' makes people laugh.

— Maryse Mizanin

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in…

— Kate Burton

I'm very much inspired by drag and burlesque. I love burlesque outfits because they're so dramatic and pretty and sparkly and intricate.

— Chappell Roan

Exposing something that's painful or raw or not so pleasant. That seems to be the dramatic motor of documentaries, exposure.

— Wayne White

“... The use of your gift for good is your responsibility. You must decide for yourself.”

— Thomas Sweeney

I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny.

— Robert Webb

People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction.

— Will Self

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation...

— Aldous Huxley

I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never…

— Rob Lowe

I'm a comedian at heart, and I really can make people laugh, but ever since 'Amadeus,' all I seem to do is…

— F. Murray Abraham

I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.

— Nicolas Cage