“I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.” PeopleSidesDarkDramaOvercomingDesperateHeroic Author:Jodie Foster
“Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.” WellsDarkComedyDramaJulia Author:Jodie Foster
“I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.” WantLittlesPlayGuyDarkComedyCrazyDramaNot InterestedLooking GoodThrillersSidekicksGood Looking Guys Author:Alexander Skarsgard
“I just want to work with talented people who are enjoyable to be with, and take big huge risks from high comedy to deep, dark, brooding drama, to thriller. I just want to go back and forth.” PeopleWantBigsDarkComedyRiskHugeDramaEnjoyableBack And ForthThrillersBroodingDeep Dark Author:Frank Oz
“If you can't get your core audience to watch the show, it's very hard to then pull in enough people outside of your fan base to your network. The networks are just so branded now; USA can't really do a dark despairing drama and FX can't do a blue-sky show. People watch the networks they watch.” PeopleIfsHardEnoughShowsDarkWatchesAudienceSkyFansDramaBlueCoreUsaBlue SkyBranded Author:Warren Leight
“Comedy doesn't come easy for me. I've only done 2 movies that are really comedy-style films and I have to work at them. And they're just as scary in a way. I hate labeling all these things; comedy, love stories, dark drama, whatever.” WayDoneStoriesFilmHateEasyDarkComedyStyleDramaI HateScaryLove StoryLabeling Author:Channing Tatum
“I think that even in a drama, we all want to smile, and laugh because what a horrible life if we're just like "I'm in a drama." And so I think in everything you're trying to look for the humor, even if it's a dark scene, because most people want to have fun in life, as opposed to have a boring time, a terrible time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingLooksFunDarkLaughingTerribleDramaSceneBoringHorribleHaving FunSmile And LaughTerrible TimesHorrible Life Author:David Koechner
“It's great when you can bait and switch people - and I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean that in truth. If we were advertising this movie as a very serious indictment about the hunt for war criminals, and it's a very dark drama, it would probably get great reviews, but people would stay away from it because no one wants to be lectured.” PeopleIfsWayWantMeanWarDarkSeriousDramaNegativeCriminalsAdvertisingReviewsHuntsBaitIndictment Author:Richard Shepard
“I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.” StarsDarkAudienceDramaRelate Author:Daveigh Chase
“I'm definitely a fan of sort of dramas, independent sort of social dramas where you play really challenging roles. Every actor wants to play those dark roles and it's definitely true for me and I'd love to kind of challenge myself in any way possible.” WayWantKindPlayActorsSocialChallengesDarkRolesFansDramaIndependent Author:Nathalie Emmanuel
“Because I was familiar with Taika's Watiti work and there's a very subversive, funny streak amongst all of them. I don't think he turned [Hunt for the Wilderpeople] into a sort of drama, there's too much dark material underneath it for it to be a comedy; it wasn't designed to be a comedy. I think it's a comedy... I think it's a drama that's funny; which is different.” ThinkingDifferentDarkComedyToo MuchMaterialsDramaFamiliarHuntsSubversiveStreaks Author:Sam Neill
“We make movies about remarkable people like President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives in "The Island President" and Al Gore in the film, who get up every day and are driven in an almost inhuman way to make a change in a problem that they see in the world and shine truth into a very dark arena where bad actors try to lie to the American public to gain profits for fossil fuel companies. To us, that's a natural drama. And that's primarily where we work - character-based films that we hope will bring issues to life through their stories.” PeopleWorldTryingProblemFilmLyingPresidentNaturalDarkDramaShiningDrivenRemarkableMaking ChangesFossil FuelInhuman Author:Jon Shenk
“Being unhappy means... Even if you want to love, because of a scar, you can't. Even though you don't want to be alone, because of that scar, you can't help but be alone. Even in bright sunshine, alone, you feel like you are lost in dark darkness.” IfsWantFeelsMeanHelpingLostDarkLove IsDarknessLike YouDramaUnhappySunshineScarBeing UnhappyWants To Be Alone Author:Min Sook Lee
“Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands apart, ... He has his special way of seeing things. I remember he and I were at one of those fancy benefits the Rep has. The gay men's chorus was singing, and I was very proud to have brought them into a Rep event. And August says, 'You know, I don't see any black people up there.' That was his focus the lives of black people.” PeopleKnowsMenWayRememberBlackDarkComedyFocusSeeingInfluenceSpecialEventsExampleProudDramaGayBenefitsSingingObviousEngagedFancyRealisticBlack PeoplePlaywrightAugustChorusArthurGay MenSatiricalDark Comedy Author:Daniel J. Sullivan
“The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no 'dark comedy' inbox for the advertising.” DarkComedyDramaRomanticAreasAdvertisingRomantic LoveDark ComedyInbox Author:Gus Van Sant
“The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.” IfsLightLeftDarkGoneDramaPhotographyPhotographer Book:Light, Gesture, and Color Source: Light, Gesture, and Color