Quotes about Dramatic

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad. Votes: 4

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama. Votes: 4

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. Votes: 4

Breaking up is just hard, even if you're the one breaking up. It's not fun. It can be dramatic and complicated. And then you get a little distance and you think, why did it have to be so complicated and dramatic? Votes: 4

Bold. Risky. Dramatic. I approve. Votes: 3

Dramatic things always have a bitterness for some one. Votes: 3

Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality Votes: 3

Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater. Votes: 3

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. Votes: 3

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic. Votes: 3

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career. Votes: 3

I've never done theater professionally. But I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, so I did some theater there. Votes: 3

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it. Votes: 3

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form. Votes: 3

In all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION. Votes: 3

My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn't last very long. Votes: 3

Dramatic. A well developed sense of the dramatic has values beyond what people usually imagine. One of these is to realise the limitations of a sense of the dramatic. Votes: 3

I decided to take a stab at acting. I entered the American Academy of Dramatic Art, where one teacher told me I'd never make it - I was too tall. Votes: 3

There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, "You're only as good as you dare to be bad." Votes: 3

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in. Votes: 3

Italians have no sense of the dramatic. Votes: 2

In real life, events seem much less dramatic. Votes: 2

Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical. Votes: 2

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. Votes: 2

Life Is Good' represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life. Votes: 2

I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor. Votes: 2

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. Votes: 2

I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic. Votes: 2

Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong. Votes: 2

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap. Votes: 2

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do Votes: 2

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. Votes: 2

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. Votes: 2

Gray is great. People think gray is a neutral, but I think it's such a moody, intense, dramatic and sexy color. It's very sleek. Votes: 2

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it. Votes: 2

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. Votes: 2

You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors. Votes: 2

Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. Votes: 2

I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not. Votes: 2

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary. Votes: 2

I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're like, 'Oh, her dramatic weight gain.' So, stop making fun of me! Votes: 2

I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. Votes: 2

Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it's not. Votes: 2

To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together. Votes: 2

I used the stormy gray and heather brown shadows from the Lilac Rose Eye Palette to create a soft smokey eye for Veronica Beard's Spring 2013 show. The look was dramatic but delicate. Votes: 2

I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don't have one day where everything is funny then the next day everything is dramatic. Votes: 2

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home. Votes: 2

I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye. Votes: 2

You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat higher-fat foods, we're the ones with fewer wrinkles - it makes you wonder. Votes: 2

I always like to try different things, different genres; stories that have a dramatic element and can generate conflict which I find appealing; where the characters have to overcome obstacles. That kind of thing is challenging. Votes: 2

Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more often used to persuade audiences, as they use these stealth tools of disguise and deception. Votes: 2

Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none. Votes: 2

There is a severe horse overpopulation crisis caused by overbreeding in the racing industry. It's time for that industry to accept responsibility for its castoffs and take dramatic action to protect a species that has so loyally served humankind. Votes: 2

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful. Votes: 2

In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that's a really classic form of humor. Votes: 2

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged. Votes: 2

Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him. Votes: 2

I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time. Votes: 2

When I was fighting, I would look to excite the crowds with a bolo punch or something taunting. Looking back, they were legal - but not sportsmanlike. I don't recommend another boxer try them. But we looked more to make the robot fights dramatic first and realistic second. Votes: 2

Our globe is under new dramatic environmental pressure: our globe is warming, our ice caps melting, our glaciers receding, our coral is dying, our soils are eroding, our water tables falling, our fisheries are being depleted, our remaining rainforests shrinking. Something is very, very wrong with our eco-system. Votes: 2

I think it's harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic all the time, they crave to see you being silly or funny. But, seeing you in comedy all the time, it's hard to see that person go be serious, for some reason. Votes: 2

The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm capitalizing like a German, but it doesn't matter whether it's faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it's the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension. Votes: 2

I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing. Votes: 2

Religious advertising is undergoing a dramatic conversion Votes: 0

Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the power of dramatic lips. Votes: 0

Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause. Votes: 0

I like everything loud, over the top, dramatic. Votes: 0

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming. Votes: 0

I've never been over-dramatic in my whole career. Votes: 0

I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis. Votes: 0

I never can resist a touch of the dramatic. Votes: 0

My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person. Votes: 0

I like a dramatic eye and a bold lip. Votes: 0

We live in a material world, not a dramatic one. Votes: 0

To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions. Votes: 0

I found Celebrity Gangster intense, dramatic, a real page turner. Votes: 0

Revolution is the most dramatic appearance of a conscious people. Votes: 0

Sex, love and death are universal and timeless dramatic themes. Votes: 0

I found 'Celebrity Gangster' intense, dramatic, a real page turner. Votes: 0

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. Votes: 0

A dramatic writer should never tell anything he can show. Votes: 0

Climate change is having a dramatic effect on the ground. Votes: 0

The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict. Votes: 0

Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy. Votes: 0

I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles. Votes: 0

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character. Votes: 0

Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. Votes: 0

West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things. Votes: 0

I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real. Votes: 0

Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day. Votes: 0

A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched. Votes: 0

After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging. Votes: 0

A theological time bomb, set to go off with dramatic consequences. Votes: 0

Probably the most dramatic pieces in my wardrobe would be capes. Votes: 0

I like to read dramatic novels and I absolutely love magazines. Votes: 0

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change. Votes: 0

I live a dramatic life, it's just not on TV yet. Votes: 0

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone Votes: 0

In real life, I'm very rational, and I'm not very dramatic. Votes: 0

A good movie with bad music can kill a great dramatic scene. Votes: 0

The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic. Votes: 0

I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers. Votes: 0

I don't really have plans like that [move towards more dramatic acting]. Votes: 0

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history. Votes: 0

Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems. Votes: 0

The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security. Votes: 0

I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change. Votes: 0

Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role Votes: 0

Memory is dramatic present tense. You create it as you remember it. Votes: 0

I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film. Votes: 0

Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role. Votes: 0

You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes Votes: 0

Within the framework of something very dramatic, funny things happen. Organically, from them. Votes: 0

Sometimes it's dramatic, but mental health, as a whole, has to become mainstream. Votes: 0

Death is a dramatic accomplishment of absence; language may be almost as effective. Votes: 0

In practice, there is nothing especially dramatic in people getting along well together. Votes: 0

I'm a fan of half-hour shows that can be both funny and dramatic. Votes: 0

I wish my name started with a comma. That would be so dramatic. Votes: 0

Whoever said that a straighten hand was more dramatic than a healed heart? Votes: 0

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. Votes: 0

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. Votes: 0

Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it. Votes: 0

A passion for the dramatic art is inherent in the nature of man. Votes: 0

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic. Votes: 0

I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences. Votes: 0

The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing. Votes: 0

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing. Votes: 0

To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles. Votes: 0

The only advantage to wearing glasses is that you can do that dramatic removal. Votes: 0

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles. Votes: 0

I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly. Votes: 0

We need a dramatic improvement in the way we train people who get displaced. Votes: 0

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite. Votes: 0

I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too! Votes: 0

The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself. Votes: 0

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible. Votes: 0

In politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic. Votes: 0

Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse. Votes: 0

It's obvious throughout secular and church history that significant legislation follows only after dramatic action. Votes: 0

The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable. Votes: 0

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic. Votes: 0

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors. Votes: 0

My wife, Katey Sagal, has transformed herself from a sitcom cartoon to a dramatic powerhouse. Votes: 0

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy. Votes: 0

It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do. Votes: 0

Maybe I just stay in relationships for too long and then they get really dramatic. Votes: 0

I do seem to favor a deathbed confession as the occasion for my dramatic monologues. Votes: 0

When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun. Votes: 0

They said her duck recipe and the Chinese music were so dramatic everything else sounded anemic. Votes: 0

The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama. Votes: 0

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences. Votes: 0

For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen. Votes: 0

Things happen, but things happen and you follow... your heart is too dramatic, but you follow. Votes: 0

Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration. Votes: 0

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men. Votes: 0

We live in this world where loosing our phones are more dramatic than loosing our virginity. Votes: 0

I was trained as a dramatic actor. Im really excited to do some more dramatic stuff. Votes: 0

Calculus is the outcome of a dramatic intellectual struggle which has lasted for twenty-five hundred years. Votes: 0

Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so. Votes: 0

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub. Votes: 0

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub. Votes: 0

McQueen is an astonishing film maker. He uses really unusual shots and builds incredible dramatic tension. Votes: 0

I think most of the dramatic new ideas come from little companies that then grow big. Votes: 0

We live in a world where losing your phone is more dramatic than losing your virginity Votes: 0

I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same. Votes: 0

I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump. Votes: 0

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one. Votes: 0

Somewhat dramatic things happen, and you don't even always notice them — that's what life is. Votes: 0

I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies. Votes: 0

Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance. Votes: 0

Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. Votes: 0

Batteries are the most dramatic object. Other things stop working or they break, But Batteries... They Die. Votes: 0

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama Votes: 0

I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.' Votes: 0

That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead. Votes: 0

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama. Votes: 0

The world has to save Syria. I mean, this has dramatic implications for the entire region, globally. Votes: 0

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment. Votes: 0

I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations. Votes: 0

And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s. Votes: 0

I expected that most of my career would be in dramatic acting. My hero was James Dean. Votes: 0

I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way. Votes: 0

Music from my iPod was setting my life to a dramatic soundtrack that only I could hear. Votes: 0

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range. Votes: 0

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played. Votes: 0

When she told a story, she rolled her eyes and waved her head and was very dramatic. Votes: 0

For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart Votes: 0

The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being Votes: 0

The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win Votes: 0

When I began a diet a week before my stroke, I never dreamed of such a dramatic result. Votes: 0

When you're going with a huge dramatic disaster film, try to keep the narrative as simple as possible. Votes: 0

You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way. Votes: 0

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say. Votes: 0

In order to experience real magic it is necessary to make a dramatic shift from outcome to purpose. Votes: 0

In film or TV work, you can have this amazingly dramatic pause, and they'll just edit it out. Votes: 0

The good thing about Weeds now is, I get to play some dramatic parts in that as well. Votes: 0

No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don't work out. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles. Votes: 0

I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy. Votes: 0

People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction. Votes: 0

My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic. Votes: 0

The desire for hope and change is easily understandable. In many ways it's even more dramatic in Europe. Votes: 0

My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood. Votes: 0

People love miracle stories and dramatic moments of transcendence or transformation, and may then pursue their own dramatic "awakenings." Votes: 0

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power. Votes: 0

The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic. Votes: 0

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another. Votes: 0

Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy Votes: 0

Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically. Votes: 0

The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010. Votes: 0

Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic. Votes: 0

I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.' Votes: 0

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do. Votes: 0

As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring. Votes: 0

There is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject. Votes: 0

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role. Votes: 0

A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is. Votes: 0

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference. Votes: 0

The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. Votes: 0

I would love to work with Tom Hardy. Maybe do something crazy or dramatic that is different for me. Votes: 0

To be memorable and to have dramatic impact, informational detail must function actively within the dynamic of a story. Votes: 0

I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them. Votes: 0

I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny. Votes: 0

We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true. Votes: 0

But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich. Votes: 0

My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility. Votes: 0

There are many different ways of being funny. I'm not sure that there's so many different ways of being dramatic. Votes: 0

It seems that, notwithstanding the dramatic increases in manmade CO2 emissions over the last decade, the world's warming has stopped. Votes: 0

Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship. Votes: 0

Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained. Votes: 0

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. Votes: 0

Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery. Votes: 0

Exposing something that's painful or raw or not so pleasant. That seems to be the dramatic motor of documentaries, exposure. Votes: 0

She thought she was only seeing him because she wanted to see him... It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing. Votes: 0

Dinner at the Huntercombes' possessed only two dramatic features - the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy. Votes: 0

We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways. Votes: 0

I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me. Votes: 0

I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much. Votes: 0

I always like having kid energy around. I think it's good for a movie, even when you're doing dramatic stuff. Votes: 0

The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia. Votes: 0

I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments. Votes: 0

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America. Votes: 0

ACA is advancing an agenda of dramatic and necessary change in how medical care is delivered in the U.S. Votes: 0

If Christians see Mormonism as a dramatic deviation from a millennia-old, biblically-based faith, Jews see Christianity in the same light. Votes: 0

School improvement is not a mystery. Incremental, even dramatic improvement is not only possible but probable under the right conditions. Votes: 0

I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad. Votes: 0

She was disgusted with herself...and the disgust permanently cured her of suicide. Her piddling life did not deserve dramatic remedies. Votes: 0

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to Queen. They were no stranger to throwing in the unexpected and something a little more dramatic. Votes: 0

But I also know that sometimes Adam needs to do things the dramatic way. He is fond of the Grand Gesture Votes: 0

I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it's just such a dramatic success. Votes: 0

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because peoples lives dont have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying. Votes: 0

Dr. Birdsell, my dramatic coach in school, always said that I was the most melancholy Dane that he had ever directed. Votes: 0

We all need God's power in our lives, and prayer is the dynamic that releases His power, sometimes in dramatic ways. Votes: 0

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying. Votes: 0

She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, stealthily away from her ghosts. Votes: 0

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West. Votes: 0

The most dramatic moves I have made as an actor have been from stage to screen and from sitcom to drama. Votes: 0

Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it, Votes: 0

I just happen to like the action-adventure movies. No law that says you can't work in all types of dramatic stuff. Votes: 0

One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential. Votes: 0

I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula. Votes: 0

Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever? Votes: 0

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley. Votes: 0

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully. Votes: 0

but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game Votes: 0

Travel at faster than the speed of light certainly can have dramatic implications that are difficult to understand, such as time travel. Votes: 0

Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people. Votes: 0

A mood disorder is dangerous. You've got to get those dramatic waves of highs and lows stabilized. It's dangerous if you don't. Votes: 0

The way I cook it's more like mad science. There's a lot of inspiration and dramatic failure with the occasional gorgeous success. Votes: 0

I like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film. Votes: 0

I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ]. Votes: 0

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action. Votes: 0

Jessica felt like a heroine in a tragic, dramatic love story. She lifted her chin and turned away. It was all over. Votes: 0

Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I've sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh. Votes: 0

When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic. Votes: 0

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in. Votes: 0

As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with. Votes: 0

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that. Votes: 0

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama. Votes: 0

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail. Votes: 0

Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing. Votes: 0

Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. Votes: 0

The dramatic critic who is without prejudice is on the plane with the general who does not believe in taking human life. Votes: 0

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation... Votes: 0

I have enough drama in my career, and then always playing dramatic roles and storylines... I like to lead a very low profile. Votes: 0

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others. Votes: 0

If you look at Stan Lee and the Marvel comics, yes, there's a lot of awesome, serious and dramatic action that takes place. Votes: 0

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy. Votes: 0

My biggest pet peeve is when a girl says, "I'm not into drama." Why are you even mentioning it?! That's dramatic in itself! Votes: 0

Abandoning your true self amounts to suicide except that it is less dramatic. Don't commit suicide so that you may appease some folks... Votes: 0

I like the idea of being the funny guy in the dramatic thing, playing a hit man with a weird sense of humor. Votes: 0

All of that leads me to believe it is only a matter of when, not if, we are going to see something dramatic, Votes: 0

My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes. Votes: 0

I dream of acting with Kevin Costner. I would love to do a movie with him. Not something funny, but a dramatic role. Votes: 0

I believe I've come to understand something. Love isn't always big and dramatic. It's big, it's deep, but it's also quiet and calm. Votes: 0

Often, we don't recognize real moments of happiness in our lives because we've been expecting something different- something bigger or perhaps more dramatic. Votes: 0

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative. Votes: 0

While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet. Votes: 0

Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater. Votes: 0

Giving Papa time to think, as Arty put it, was like pumping random rounds into a fireworks factory. The odds favored dramatic results. Votes: 0

In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives. Votes: 0

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty. Votes: 0

I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. Votes: 0

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. Votes: 0

People tend to think when you're on dramatic films, that it's all so heavy, but it's really not when you're working with great actors. Votes: 0

It occurred to me that I was standing face to face with the hero of a love story nearly as dramatic as my own. Votes: 0

Making [Pineapple Express] was a blast. I'd kind of gotten to the point professionally where I was pretty emotionally exhausted from making dramatic films. Votes: 0

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story. Votes: 0

Every religious pioneer, including Jesus Christ, was persecuted by his contemporaries. But once people understand me, their turn can be dramatic like Saint Paul's. Votes: 0

Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles. Votes: 0

The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, "You have no need for sight. Listen. Votes: 0

With teenagers, the emotions are higher and things are more dramatic. That doesn't mean adults don't also act like children in their own way. Votes: 0

Germany is a machine for producing geniuses. Its crowning product was the German Jew which in suitably dramatic style it then tried to destroy. Votes: 0

As someone who played music and never got famous, and remembers little fragments of that, I don't remember life as a dramatic flamboyant thing. Votes: 0

If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie? Votes: 0

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. Votes: 0

We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark. Votes: 0

We live in a material world, not a dramatic one. And truth resides not in melodrama, but in the precise measure of material things. Votes: 0

As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms. Votes: 0

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that. Votes: 0

My general view is the delivery of news is changing in dramatic ways, and will continue to change into ways we can't even predict. Votes: 0

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life. Votes: 0

Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work. Votes: 0

Oh gosh, I noticed dramatic changes in my body after I started doing yoga, but I also think you have to shake things up. Votes: 0

You get to have some bigger comedic moments with some very real dramatic stuff. All that in one makes for a fulfilling artistic job. Votes: 0

Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well. Votes: 0

I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that. Votes: 0

I think I'm a better comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress, but everybody believes I'm this dramatic actress and I'll take it. Votes: 0

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater. Votes: 0

Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality. Votes: 0

I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another. Votes: 0

I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life size. Votes: 0

The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians. Votes: 0

Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare. Votes: 0

I did a pilot for HBO, called One Percent, that they didn't end up picking up, but it was a pretty intense and dramatic piece. Votes: 0

It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture. Votes: 0

What cannot be borne in reality, becomes a source of pleasure when it is transposed into the visual and somatic fiction of the dramatic spectacle. Votes: 0

It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will materially raise the level of dramatic taste of the nation. Votes: 0

Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon. Votes: 0

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little play. Votes: 0

Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the same dramatic risks. Votes: 0

I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head. Votes: 0

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history. Votes: 0

Confessional poetry is, to my mind, more slippery than poems that are sloppily autobiographical; I find the confessional mode much more akin to dramatic monologue. Votes: 0

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God. Votes: 0

Things changed with the discovery of neutron stars and black holes - objects with gravitational fields so intense that dramatic space and time-warping effects occur. Votes: 0

Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon Votes: 0

History has recorded nothing so dramatic in design, nor so skillfully manipulated, as this attempt to create the National Reserve Association, or the Federal Reserve. Votes: 0

Most people haven't seen my dramatic work, but I did 10 years of theater before I ever became a comic. I'm just better known for comedy. Votes: 0

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury. Votes: 0

Gene Colan was like no other artist of his generation. His ability to create dramatic, multi-valued tonal illustrations using straight India ink and board was unparalleled. Votes: 0

I'm labeled a comedic actor, which is awesome. But I love getting the occasional dramatic role, too. Some of your best dramatic actors are ultimately comedians. Votes: 0

Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance. Votes: 0

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny. Votes: 0

The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution. Votes: 0

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid. Votes: 0

Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic comedy. Votes: 0

I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species. Votes: 0

I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species. Votes: 0

Some people could say, "I'd like something that's super dramatic and miserable and made me cry and made me sad forever" but that's not my taste. Votes: 0

I tend to think in dramatic terms. In life, there may be an actual drama, but it would be the fictionalized, imagined drama that engaged me. Votes: 0

I usually like to make really dramatic songs that are dynamic from part to part - a lot of jumping from really quiet to really loud. Votes: 0

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history. Votes: 0

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Votes: 0

I like dramatic stuff, and I have a goofball side, too. I like to do comedy and off-beat things as much as something really, really serious. Votes: 0

I don't have anything that dramatic as far as a performance goes. I've never participated in a show that ended in a fight in my memory. Votes: 0

I haven't done much comedy; I would love to. I love doing dramatic roles, but I'd love to do comedy. I think it would be refreshing. Votes: 0

The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres. Votes: 0

I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I feel more comfortable with it. Votes: 0

It belongs among the refinements of totalitarian government in our century that they don't permit their opponents to die a great, dramatic martyr's death for their convictions. Votes: 0

I am very suspicious of cameras and dramatic interpretations and the whole Hollywood myth-making process. I don't trust it. I've seen it affect people in bad ways. Votes: 0

It was obvious that computers were going to become more a part of our lives, and they will continue to unless something dramatic happens to change that. Votes: 0

The big influence on me was Robert Altman, who, especially in 'Nashville,' transformed my sense of dramatic structure and showed how you could handle overlapping stories. Votes: 0

Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on. Votes: 0

If I do find myself walking up the aisle and dancing at my own wedding reception, I want the first dance to be both spontaneous and dramatic. Votes: 0

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories. Votes: 0

In terms of content, you can make a problem for yourself, I mean, make the contest difficult, let's say, with certain subject matter that is inherently dramatic. Votes: 0

Definitely for myself, I find myself gravitating towards dramatic work. In terms of sitcoms, you know, I always tell my agent I don't want to be seen. Votes: 0

If we stop thinking of ourselves and only of helping others, you will start to see a dramatic improvement in the suffering we are all going through. Votes: 0

With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor. Votes: 0

Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it. Votes: 0

There are so many dramatic actors where I would give all of my anything to have their careers, but I don't think I can try to follow anyone. Votes: 0

I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out. Votes: 0

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. I don't want to be too dramatic, but it's hard. It's necessary to start most work alone. Votes: 0

I do tend to gravitate to the more dramatic side of things. I love feeling intense emotions when I'm acting. I just love characters and stories with conflict. Votes: 0

What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be. Votes: 0

In song the same rule applies as in dramatic verse: the meaning must yield itself, or yield itself sufficiently to arouse the attention and interest, in real time. Votes: 0

Insincerity in a man's own heart must make all his enjoyments, all that concerns him, unreal; so that his whole life must seem like a merely dramatic representation. Votes: 0

Did you really JUST fall, Jeffrey? Why does everybody in my family talk in these dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS all the time? Why am I the only calm one? Votes: 0

I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad and I never became that good. Votes: 0

As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension. Votes: 0

There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip. It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a woman's whole look. Votes: 0

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature. Votes: 0

Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment. Votes: 0

Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited. Votes: 0

Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is partly an ethical business. Votes: 0

I don't know if there's any change more significant that a human being can make than that of a woman becoming a mother. There's no change more dramatic. Votes: 0

I think we're looking at the next major superstar in golf. Tiger has a flair for the dramatic and one of those smiles that lights up the screen. Votes: 0

Israel has its attractions. It's the most dramatic country in the world. Everybody's engaged. Everybody argues. When I leave Israel, I get a little bit bored, you know? Votes: 0

To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible. Votes: 0

The more you're able to understand how to do a good dramatic performance, that can inform your comedy. It all informs one another. And it keeps everything interesting. Votes: 0

When you're a French woman and you have a lot of Latin blood, you can be very dramatic. It definitely makes your personal life exciting - and exhausting. Votes: 0

I think my wife has always been aware, whatever country we have been in, of my dramatic leading man status; a little too dramatic she would probably say. Votes: 0

I like dramas. I've always liked dramas. And I'm a pretty light person. I don't consider myself a very dramatic person. But I do like doing that onscreen. Votes: 0

History, as the study of the past, makes the coherence of what happened comprehensible by reducing events to a dramatic pattern and seeming them in a simple form. Votes: 0

You're an animal that needs to move across the landscape, you can't anymore, and that's another way we're just changing the surface of the Earth in very dramatic ways. Votes: 0

People are always surprised that I have a funny side because I'm usually so intense, strong and dramatic. But, I'd love to do something really, really silly and funny. Votes: 0

I'm not even a little bit talented at the red-carpet makeup thing, but recently I did learn how to give myself dramatic-looking eyes and how to contour my cheekbones. Votes: 0

I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts, the consequences will be immediate and dramatic. Votes: 0

True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character. Votes: 0

I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that will hold an audience's attention. Votes: 0

I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground. Votes: 0

It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clinches into place. Votes: 0

I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show. Votes: 0

A narrow and distorted picture of America often emerges from the televised news. A single dramatic piece of the mosaic becomes, in the minds of millions, the entire picture. Votes: 0

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous. Votes: 0

There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage - only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein of threads too stubborn to be broken. Votes: 0

In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically. Votes: 0

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible. Votes: 0

Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic. Votes: 0

The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down. Votes: 0

You'll call me Damon. I see no need for dramatic titles. I, on the other hand will call you beautiful, lover, mine. I'll call you mine." (Damon to Serena) Votes: 0

I start with the history, and I ask myself, 'What are the great turning points? What are the big dramatic scenes that are essential to telling the story?' Votes: 0

I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action. Votes: 0

Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls go down in droves. Votes: 0

I just wanted a really simple, dramatic way so that fans, people who were reading my comic, would be like, "This is something different." Just to flag it, almost. Votes: 0

I hate to go out on a limb after only one viewing, but Nashville strikes me as Altman's best film, and the most exciting dramatic musical since Blue Angel. Votes: 0

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous Votes: 0

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human. Votes: 0

The most dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men but between a man and himself - where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind. Votes: 0

I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters. Votes: 0

It's hard enough as a kid these days to feel normal and just try to fit in. To be a diabetic is just a dramatic thing to go through. Votes: 0

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending. Votes: 0

When a dramatic actor does a funny film, people are like, 'Wonderful! I didn't know he was funny!' But when it flips, people can get really thrown by it. Votes: 0

I have a pretty fresh delivery. I feel that I am probably more of a dramatic actor, but I'm also a comedian. Every day I am polishing up my skills. Votes: 0

Lynching is an important aspect of racial history and racial inequality in America, because it was visible, it was so public, it was so dramatic, and it was so violent. Votes: 0

Once people start to think they've wasted parts of their life, or they're wasting their life as they speak, that means there's going to be great dramatic and comedic tension. Votes: 0

Inner silence works from the moment you begin to accrue it. What the old sorcerers were after was the final dramatic, end result of reaching that individual threshold of silence. Votes: 0

There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming. Votes: 0

Of the many qualities I adore about Melissa McCarthy as a comedian and as a dramatic actor, the best is how fully she gives herself to every character she plays. Votes: 0

When you're young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I've graduated from that school. Votes: 0

Being a dramatic character was more difficult for me. It was a new thing that I explored because it was challenging. But I love to challenge myself and different things. Votes: 0

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic. Votes: 0

There are so many great comedies, right now. I like how comedies are really mixing. They're not just one thing. It can be very moving and dramatic, and yet hilarious. Votes: 0

You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can. Votes: 0

It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind of a dramatic piece would be very tough. Votes: 0

I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old. Votes: 0

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined. Votes: 0

Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try to use a dramatic forum to warp people's political views. Votes: 0

Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There's not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both. Votes: 0

I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey's work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that's kind of my style of acting when it comes to dramatic roles. Votes: 0

Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people. Votes: 0

I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple. Votes: 0

I don't see dramatic television because my wife is a political junkie, and we have 12 sets going night and day so she doesn't miss a word walking from room to room. Votes: 0

I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story. Votes: 0

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill. Votes: 0

I always thought realistic was a better way to explain things that were "dramedies" because life is like that. It's funny, it's dramatic and to me that's how I see it. Votes: 0

As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent. Votes: 0

We don't ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment. Votes: 0

A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife and children; a dramatic change to your own life. Votes: 0

I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic occasion. Votes: 0

Gay people, we die in all the movies, like we almost always die in the movie, because that's what you can do to us that's dramatic. We can't make a baby. Votes: 0

I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I had also done a little disc jockeying. Votes: 0

My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it. Votes: 0

I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow the story and that means you lean on the actors. Votes: 0

My favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz. I love the fairy tale of it. And Gone With the Wind was always one of my favorites because it's so dramatic and stunning. Votes: 0

When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would've pleased me more than if I could have written like Eugene O'Neil or Tennessee Williams. Votes: 0

I'm a history buff, and right now we're sitting on one of the most dramatic historical shifts that this planet has ever seen and we have a front row seat for it. Votes: 0

I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work. Votes: 0

I must be thankful that I get to do intense dramatic roles, because it takes so much more, whereas I've been doing L'Oreal forever, and I can do that in my sleep. Votes: 0

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone. Votes: 0

Is that what I wanted? To be in the middle of something complicated and dramatic? To be a cheerleader for someone else’s romance? Or to have a romance of my own? Votes: 0

Maybe John Kerry does not know - but I am happy to explain it to him - that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack. Votes: 0

At first, being a storyteller, it was fun to dress up and fun to sing songs and pretend to be very dramatic - all of that stuff was just fun early on. Votes: 0

I don't really find girls to be any more dramatic or delicate than boys; I've known plenty of little boys who've had miserable breakdowns over things... in fact, I was one of them! Votes: 0

I've only had one dramatic role in my entire career and when I did it, I was in heaven and I thought, 'Oh my god, I'm going to get more of these.' Votes: 0

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy Votes: 0

Lyda was an exuberant, even a dramatic gardener.... She was always holding up a lettuce or a bunch of radishes with an air of resolute courage, as though she had shot them herself. Votes: 0

-Hey. Do you know anything about exorcists?"Brian's eyebrows shot up"I think if you want to break up with Greyson, you could find a less dramatic way to do it, don't you? Votes: 0

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films. Votes: 0

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy. Votes: 0

When I came to Chelsea from West Ham there were certain parts of my game I felt I needed to improve and I like to think now that I have shown dramatic improvement. Votes: 0

Shiloh is a wonderfully dramatic battle. The leader of one side is killed, and the other one is going on to glory, and it was the first great battle. It lasted two days. Votes: 0

I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them. Votes: 0

I'm sure there are people who think I only do music, people who think I only do theater, and people who think I only do dramatic stuff. I do things that interest me. Votes: 0

I think that some of it is electoral - helping candidates that are willing to take dramatic actions, not just to say a few words about how climate change might be a problem. Votes: 0

Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Votes: 0

The world is not entirely comic and it's not entirely dramatic. You have a laugh and then someone finds a lump and you deal with that. Because that is what life is like. Votes: 0

I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do my 'Monster,' like Charlize Theron, so I'm buckling up for that. Votes: 0

A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to to be seen in them by the finest senses? Votes: 0

I do think, oddly, that a comedic actor has a better chance of pulling off a dramatic role than a great dramatic actor has of being able to pull off a highly comedic role. Votes: 0

I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy. Votes: 0

I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously. Votes: 0

Even if the dramatic scenes are really hard, if you're happy with what you have and it's been creative and you had a good time with the people you worked with, that's a good day. Votes: 0

Even when I was doing theater it was more comedic. Don't get me wrong, I love doing the dramatic and heavy stuff, but I just want to have fun. I want to make people laugh. Votes: 0

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element. Votes: 0

The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands. Votes: 0