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> [What sometimes annoys me about the arts is increasingly that we have to put real people on screen or stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zawe-ashton/what-sometimes-annoys-me-about-the-arts-is-increasingly-that-we-have/)

[Zawe Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zawe-ashton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/zawe-ashton-6505_about_what-sometimes-annoys-me-about-the-arts_8962.jpg)

> [Something I've always known about the screen is that if it's anything in the world, it's literal. It's so literal that there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/something-i-ve-always-known-about-the-screen-is-that-if-it-s-anything/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/joan-didion-497_ifs_something-i-ve-always-known-about-the-sc_208183.jpg)

> [I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-think-comedy-s-harder-to-pull-off-on-the-screen-than-on-the-stage/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/sam-shepard-2232_comedy_i-think-comedy-s-harder-to-pull-off-on-t_235554.jpg)

> [You are working on bringing life to a character whether it's on screen or on stage; only the technicalities are different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kunal-kapoor/you-are-working-on-bringing-life-to-a-character-whether-it-s-on/)

[Kunal Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kunal-kapoor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/kunal-kapoor-5683_actor_you-are-working-on-bringing-life-to-a-ch_560064.jpg)

> [When people come into the theater, whether it's the screen or the stage, they've gotta be transported and transformed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/when-people-come-into-the-theater-whether-it-s-the-screen-or-the/)

[Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/viola-davis-1174_actor_when-people-come-into-the-theater-whethe_1430307.png)

> [It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-barnard/it-s-a-really-good-format-to-have-to-go-back-to-theatre-and-build/)

[Aneurin Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-barnard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/aneurin-barnard-12075_actor_it-s-a-really-good-format-to-have-to-go_2688283.jpg)

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