Theatre Quote by John Yorke Download Open image ““Exposition, after all, is telling and drama is showing.”” — John Yorke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Theatre
“There's supposed to be drama. The dull stories never make it into the books.” — Ellery Adams Copy Share Image
“Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.” — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“The telling of any character is what they do in a different situation.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Look beyond the words spoken; actions speak louder than words and reveal the true motives behind any pretext.” — Shree Shambav Copy Share Image
“But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“You can choose to create a drama and get what you acted for or remain silent and get what you planned for.” — Gloria D. Gonsalves Copy Share Image
“The mind is a drama queen that gets too embarrassed to continue acting up, after only a few seconds of getting our undivided attention.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The conflict between how we wish to be perceived and what we really feel is at the root of all character.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“People construct a public face in order to deal with the conflicts that rage inside them.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“Great characters are consciously or subconsciously at war with themselves.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“A character’s want is a superficial conscious desire for the thing they think they need in order to present themselves to the world, a” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“Silence of the Lambs screenwriter Ted Tally put the art of writing dialogue succinctly: ‘What’s important is not the emotion they’re playing but the… — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“if you disguise exposition with ‘emotional overlay’, it’s rendered undetectable.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“A character’s façade, then, is an outer manifestation of an inner conflict.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“All good exposition is disguised by making it dramatic – by injecting conflict.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
On stage, you can bring all those strong emotions that you don't have the opportunity to live. You don't want to die for love… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
You will see a 3-D movie in a movie theater for the shared experience of it - or for a date, and so on.… — Howard Stringer Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
The liveness of theater, and the excitement of experiencing it alongside an audience, is something you can't get at home. That makes the theater… — Nick Blaemire Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image