Communication Quote by Powers Boothe

...every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.

— Graham Greene

The monologue is one of the most difficult and interesting forms of theatre for an actor to learn.

— Pratik Gandhi

'Deadwood' proved that viewers are smarter in terms of grasping intricate dialogue than they had been given credit for.

— Jim Beaver

“They say Shakespeare invented the internal monologue." Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue.”

— Robin Sloan

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

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And…

— Anna Deavere Smith

I think a lot of people who go to drama school have this ease with the text and they all have five monologues that…

— Tavis Smiley

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

“A condensed Shakespeare with all of the dull parts removed, leaving only the great moments of drama: ghosts, and bloodied daggers, and dying kings.”

— John Connolly

A great speech is literature.

— Peggy Noonan

I didn't realize you needed a response. When Hamlet is giving a monologue, he just goes on and on by himself.

— Eloisa James

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt