Commentary Quote by Jacques Lacan

New dramatic writing has banished conversational dialogue from the stage as a relic of dramaturgy based on conflict and exchange: any story, intrigue or…

— Patrice Pavis

There are times when a film turns out differently from how it was narrated. But I don't look at it as a bad thing.

— Diljit Dosanjh

Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I'm not interested in the director's commentary stuff. I think that stuff is really boring. And, if the director explains too much, it takes…

— Joseph M. Kahn

Dialogue is character and character is plot.

— George V

If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the story (which…

— David Mamet

After doing two feature films, I got an idea for a thriller film and felt this could be made without any dialogues.

— Karthik Subbaraj

A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be…

— Mike Nichols

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration…

— Griffin Dunne

If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will not produce…

— Aristotle

If two actors have an equal creative give and take between them, it translates beautifully on the screen.

— Deepika Padukone

I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.

— Felicity Jones