Dramatic Quotes · Page 16

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

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

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

— Nicolas Cage

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our Nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well,…

— William J. Clinton

In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong…

— Chow Yun-Fat

I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete.…

— Carl Lewis

A narrow and distorted picture of America often emerges from the televised news. A single dramatic piece of the mosaic becomes, in…

— Spiro T. Agnew

Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so the power of freedom, the power of…

— Eric Schmidt

You had to be an over-the-top, demanding, dramatic figure in order to progress as a woman in Europe over the last few…

— Rufus Wainwright

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…

— Matthew Fox

As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they…

— S. Jay Olshansky

Again and again we need to appreciate the subtle workings of the teachings and the practice, and even when there is no…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose…

— Jonah Hill

I like poetry, but honestly, I like dramatic literature more. If I had to pick between Rumi and Dostoevsky, I would pick…

— Ramin Bahrani

It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

If we insist on visible proofs from God, we may well prepare the way for a permanent state of disappointment. True faith…

— Philip Yancey

You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I…

— Eoin Colfer

Expectancy speeds progress. Therefore, live in a continual state of expectancy. No matter how much good you are experiencing today, expect greater…

— Ernest Holmes

The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of…

— Pope John Paul II

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

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'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

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

— Bill Condon

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

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

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 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

There's nothing more dramatic than the comedy I've done. Because the comedy I've done is to get to the audience, get them…

— Jerry Lewis

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.

— Jay Roach