“Maybe what life needs is a good soundtrack, especially during the long stretches when nothing interesting is being said. A soundtrack might dignify things a bit, ennobling us with the proper drama and tension and pathos.” NeedsLongSaidMightBitsInterestingDramaTensionSoundtracksPathos Book:Losing Julia Source: Losing Julia
“I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy.” LittlesIdeasDifferentSchoolActorsBitsDramaStereotypeEdgy Author:Kaya Scodelario
“Life is so interesting... just every day life. I remember someone once saying: "Drama is real life with the boring bits taken out."” RealRememberLife IsBitsInterestingTakenDramaBoringReal LifeDay Life Author:Ricky Gervais
“There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you couldn't, if you were just doing a drama. It lets you maybe reach a little further and surprise people a little bit more because there's still that little safety base of working on that genre that everybody loves.” PeopleIfsLittlesStillsBitsAudienceRiskDramaLittle BitSafetySurpriseGenreSci Fi Author:Rian Johnson
“I'm just looking to make good movies and looking to be as good as I can be in them and that's about it. But I feel much more comfortable doing a comedy, but the fact that I got to try a few dramas, I feel I've tested myself a little bit.” FeelsTryingLittlesI CanFactsBitsComedyDramaComfortableLittle BitTestedGood Movie Author:Adam Sandler
“Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer todayall the shifts in the business, all the drama, all the debating about where publishing is goingand write the best story that you can. It sounds a bit glib, but I think this is advice a lot of people are having trouble following right now. It is so hard to focus. But that is the single key to success.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardStoriesTodayBitsSoundFocusTroubleAdviceKeysDramaRight NowFollowingDistractionPublishingKey To Success Author:Jeff Abbott
“Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.” ShouldMindBelieveHumansFilmLeftI BelieveBitsAudienceDramaHorrorHollywoodTerrorI Believe InScreensRelatedDullLengthEnduranceAnticipationBangsLeft OutBladder Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it.” WorldTryingWholeSchoolYoungStuffBitsHurtClassMiddleYouthDramaDeterminedTheatreMiddle ClassUsualHurt MeSociableIt Really HurtsYouth Theatre Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out of actors, and some don't have a clue about acting. I think it'd be a good idea if directors put themselves in front of the camera, or even went on a six-week drama course, just to know a little bit about what that feels like.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsKindLittlesIdeasCoursesActorsBitsAbilityActingKnow HowWeekFrontsDramaDirectorsSixLittle BitBuiltCamerasGood IdeasClue Author:Paddy Considine
“You can't control what goes on around you, you can't. But for me, I think there's staples of these moments, that crazy moment where you think you're indestructible. That moment where you find out that you're not. And then that moment where all of a sudden you go, okay, I'm not indestructible but I'm gonna be okay. You have this life, and we all have these lives we live but it takes a bit of learning before you realize not every drama's going to kill you and not every hard day has to lead to another one.” ThinkingHardMomentsBitsRealizingCrazyGoes OnDramaOkayThis LifeThat MomentIndestructibleStaplesHard Days Author:Andrew McMahon
“I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When you do that, it's funnier. And when you do that, you really do hit the emotional beats. I do it the same way as I do a drama. I just play it for truth, and then maybe have a little bit of fun with it sometimes.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesRealSometimesPlayRealityFunBitsComedyEmotionalDramaLittle BitBeatsSake Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Only comedies can get you that engaged in a movie, dramas people just sort of sit there and eat their popcorn and nothing really happens, they might cry a little bit, but that's it. Horror movies are talking at the screen, guys are elbowing each other, laughing at each other because they got scared. That's the beauty of a horror movie.” PeopleLittlesMightHappensGuyBitsTalkingLaughingComedyCryDramaHorrorLittle BitScaredScreensEngagedPopcorn Author:Bruce Campbell