Dramatic Quotes · Page 23

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

— Edward Dmytryk

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

— Edward Norton

I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I…

— Woody Allen

I did a pilot for HBO, called One Percent, that they didn't end up picking up, but it was a pretty intense…

— Donal Logue

Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor.

— Noah Emmerich

To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's…

— Seth Rogen

I was in Canada for many years before coming to the U.S. I have done dramatic roles but after coming here, it…

— Lauren Ash

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because peoples lives dont have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.

— Bill Condon

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try…

— Gus Van Sant

If there was a pause in a conversation with anyone, you could always light a cigarette, or if a man lit a…

— Lauren Bacall

Quince may resemble pears and apples, but unlike their fruit brethren, raw quince are inedibly tannic and sour. This means you do…

— Claire Saffitz

We need all the newfangled web-based Internet spread, you know, social media that can catalyze, you know, some serious consciousness about what's…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make…

— Anonymous

Bad news is dramatic. It makes good TV. If there's a firefight on the same day that a school opens up, the…

— Sebastian Junger

English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value…

— Lytton Strachey

I think that the marketplace has changed in many dramatic ways but actually in some sense it's remained the same because the…

— Colin Callender

Given the lack of public skills in reading photographs, given that photographic content is sometimes buried in beauty, contemporary landscape photographers are…

— Lucy R. Lippard

I didn't go Hollywood on the outside with flashy cars, upstairs maids and mink covered bathroom fixtures. I went Hollywood on the…

— Joan Caulfield

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really…

— Ed Asner

I can understand that an audience, buying a ticket to see a picture of mine, wants to see something funny because they…

— Woody Allen

Sometimes you feel a need to express yourself, and there is no better way than to go to places where people need…

— Sophia Loren

The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable…

— Marion G. Romney

I find that I'm just drawn to anything that's going to challenge me as an actress. So any time I get a…

— Audra McDonald

“It’s like Mark Twain once said to his wife, Olivia: “How many times do I have to say it—over the top!” He…

— Jarod Kintz

You'll call me Damon. I see no need for dramatic titles. I, on the other hand will call you beautiful, lover, mine.…

— Maya Banks

Cuddy: Oh, why do you have to make everything so dramatic? House: Because I'm a very high-strung little lapdog *yips*

— House MD

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

— Ken Curtis

When you're going with a huge dramatic disaster film, try to keep the narrative as simple as possible.

— Jeremy Bolt

I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me.

— Danny Burstein

Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.

— Alan Alda

As someone who played music and never got famous, and remembers little fragments of that, I don't remember life as a dramatic…

— Leni Zumas

I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic…

— Bow Wow

As a filmmaker, the most dramatic and the most dread-inspiring thing is when the audience can see more than the characters themselves…

— Davis Guggenheim

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

I work in a dramatic context, meaning we write with a lot of character specifics, a lot of story specifics. There's a…

— Alan Menken

No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don’t work out.

— Jennifer Hudson

When you're a French woman and you have a lot of Latin blood, you can be very dramatic. It definitely makes your…

— Josephine de La Baume

I can't see any reason why a dramatic story can't be in 3-D. I think 'Lawrence of Arabia' would have been fabulous…

— Robert Zemeckis

The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself.

— Robin Sharma

Sometimes it's dramatic, but mental health, as a whole, has to become mainstream.

— Demi Lovato