Dramatic Quotes · Page 21

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.

— Drew Goddard

I suppose I'll do my dramatic turn that comedians do at some point, I'll do my 'Patch Adams' or what not.

— Janelle James

I studied Shakespeare at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and 'Orange' was my first audition ever for…

— Madeline Brewer

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long…

— Ken Follett

Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.

— Aaron Eckhart

Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it.

— Leatrice Eiseman

I think a lot of comedians make the best dramatic actresses because they have a facility. They're very vulnerable. They're very open,…

— Colman Domingo

A play's got to be a dramatic event, not a lyrical event. It's not music, it's not poetry, it's not dance, it's…

— Romulus Linney

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of…

— Salvatore Quasimodo

An interesting thing about the beginning of our friendship and professional collaboration [with Tina Fey] was that the improve scenes we would…

— Amy Poehler

All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief…

— Mary McCarthy

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see…

— Patton Oswalt

While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting…

— Russell Crowe

I stopped being interested in improvisation, and I continue to not be that interested in it. Comedians can do it on a…

— Greta Gerwig

With theatre, you can interpret the most complex play on stage for it have meaning to an audience because you're dealing in…

— Wole Soyinka

This is a huge problem. If we don't deal with this within just a few years, you will have island nations flooded;…

— William J. Clinton

Beware leverage in all its forms. Borrowers - individual, corporate, or government - should always match fund their liabilities against the duration…

— Seth Klarman

Well, of course the general idea was dreamed up by the advertising agency and so my job was to realize that. And…

— Haskell Wexler

A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the…

— Italo Calvino

I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and…

— Steve Carell

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to…

— Joaquin Phoenix

Pop managers are fixed in the dramatic stock character repertoire too, ever since the first British pop film musical, Wolf Mankowitz's 'Expresso…

— Peter York

The robots are coming, whether we like it or not, and will change our economy in dramatic ways.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

I'm not ashamed of comic books. You have some people that are like, 'We're trying to elevate comic books.' Comic books have…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents…

— Albert Einstein

When you are playing a part like that where you have traveled - you begin to think, God what a great life.…

— Lauren Bacall

I've only had one dramatic role in my entire career and when I did it, I was in heaven and I thought,…

— Jennifer Coolidge

A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes.

— Craig Sager

My favorite makeup look was for my 'Eyes Wide Open' video done by Torsten Witte. It was so dramatic and definitely captured…

— Sabrina Carpenter

I am honored to receive a Satellite award from IPA for best actor in a dramatic series. To have BB win for…

— Bryan Cranston

We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a…

— Fred Astaire

We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways.

— Frances Moore Lappé

Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features: the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy

— Anthony Powell

I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants…

— Laura Dern

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous…

— David O. Russell

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

— Maureen O'Hara

Every writer has compressed time and procedure, and used clarifying dialogue. That's not a scandal: it's a legitimate dramatic technique.

— Chris Chibnall

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

— Spencer Boldman