Dire Quote by Debra Messing

As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

The human condition is endlessly fascinating to me, and the existential horrors of life are what drive our imaginations and theater in general.

— Stephen Karam

There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.

— Greta Gerwig

I'm really interested in real people in extraordinary situations. The detail and reality to that.

— Doug Liman

What's exciting about theatre is observing human behaviour. You're constantly making judgments about body language, the physical, the emotional, the intellectual.

— Hattie Morahan

When you think about it, psychological thrillers often involve extraordinary events happening to ordinary people.

— Fiona Barton

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.

— Jerry Bruckheimer

It's less frightening to do television, theatre is very nerve-wracking, very raw.

— Helen Baxendale

Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities.

— Essence Atkins

It's astounding how challenging plays are... The scary part is that you get to encounter humanity in a way you don't in films. The…

— Bill Pullman

I think the experience of getting an audience a little bit tense and shocking them with a jump scare, and then moving on it…

— C. Robert Cargill

A real theatrical experience shakes the calm of the senses, liberates the compressed unconscious and drives towards a kind of potential revolt . . .

— Antonin Artaud