“I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.” KindSchoolStuffSportsMiddleInvolvedDramaMy FriendsDancingTheatreThings To DoMiddle SchoolCool ThingsPlaying Sports Author:Kara Lindsay
“I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored in cultural anthropology which of course meant more masks and dancing. I studied what interested me and so I had to become a writer because my education had left me unsuited for a decent well-paying job.” WellsJobsCoursesLeftStudyTalentCollegePeriodsDramaDancingDecentMaskDroppingAnthropologyDropping Out Author:Elizabeth Hand
“Timing and pace are important in any film, whether it be comedy or drama. And how better to learn the fundamentals of these show show business ingredients than by dancing?” ImportantShowsFilmComedyDramaFundamentalsDancingIngredientsPaceTimingShow Business Author:Charles Walters
“There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's something just beautifully enjoyable about comedy in that respect. It's a joy to be able to do that. Drama, you get to go to depths that you haven't gone to before.” AbleJoyCertainSpeakGoneComedyHavensLike YouGoes OnDramaDancingDepthRhythmEnjoyableAutopilot Author:James Wolk
“I did dancing and singing when I was little, and then when I was 12 years old my friends were taking speech and drama at school. They were private lessons, and I started doing that. Over the years everyone else dropped out and I just kept going. I loved it.” YearsLittlesSchoolDramaLessonsSpeechSingingMy FriendsDancing Author:Bella Heathcote
“I like playing the social convention. If you're in a period drama, there's always something dancing underneath the surface as a human - but then you always have to conform to the social conventions around you, and those two things get to be juxtaposed against each other. You're being human, but you're trapped within the social convention of the time.” IfsHumansTwoSocialPeriodsDramaDancingSurfaceTwo ThingsConventionsTrappedBeing HumanConform Author:Jenna Coleman
“Everybody used to say going to restaurants... is like theater, there's stage sets, there's drama, there's play acting and you watch the show. And now, boy, everything's just become so serious. And you sit at the counter and the chef comes out and tells you what he did to the Brussels sprouts leaves and no, there's not a lot of dancing.” PlayShowsUsedActingBoysWatchesStageSeriousDramaTheaterDancingRestaurantsChefSproutsBrusselsBrussel Sprouts Author:Pete Wells
“Obviously neither 'American Idol' nor 'Dancing With the Stars' is a variety show in the classic sense, but the way they incorporate elements of drama, comedy and suspense is moderately ingenious.” WayShowsStarsComedyDramaElementsDancingVarietySuspenseClassicIdolsIngeniousAmerican IdolDancing With The Stars Author:Tom Shales
“Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.” StoriesAgeSchoolRomanceDramaElementsHigh SchoolDressesDancingTensionComing Of AgePromLimos Author:Adora Svitak
“How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? No dramatic art form should be dictated and controlled by men whose training and instincts are cut of an entirely different cloth. The fact remains that these gentlemen sell consumer goods, not an art form.” MenShouldArtDifferentFactsFormCuttingMinutesDramaPaperTrainingRemainsSellsDancingInstinctMeaningfulConsumersDramaticGentlemanGoodsControlledTwelveFifteenToiletsRabbitsInterruptedProceedingToilet Paper Author:Rod Serling