“In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that a play is a set of fictional, symbolic representations. An actor is one who symbolizes other people, real or imagined. [...] Also some years ago it was reported that when Edward G. Robinson, who used to play gangster roles with extraordinary vividness, visited Chicago, local hoodlums would telephone him at his hotel to pay their professional respects.” PeopleYearsRealPlayUsedActorsRealizingPayRolesCasesAudienceStageTelevisionDramaYears AgoExtraordinaryLocalsHotelChicagoRepresentationTelephonesNever QuitSymbolicGangstersVividness Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“What initially attracted me to The Seventh Seal was that it had values and characteristics which I was familiar with in other art forms, most notably, the European novel and certain forms on English drama, and indeed, in relation to my rather academic interest in history -- not "history" in the normal sense, but history as a form of entertainment . It might be a very unfashionable view but I believe that history is an amazing bank or reserve area of plots, characterisations, extraordinary events, etc.” BelieveArtMightFormCertainValuesI BelieveInterestViewsNovelEventsDramaNormalAreasRelationExtraordinaryEntertainmentFamiliarCharacteristicsEtcPlotAcademicReservesSeals Author:Peter Greenaway
“I never went to drama school. I went straight into the theater. We had the most extraordinary voice teacher. I worked with her when I was starting out in my career. How to place my voice from a very relaxed position was all wonderfully reminiscent of going back to the basics. But I always like to do that with any role that I do, to dismantle it and put it all back together again.” SchoolTogetherVoiceCareersRolesTeacherPositionDramaTheaterExtraordinaryStartingRelaxedBack TogetherBasicsStarting OutTogether AgainBack Together Again Author:Ben Kingsley
“Action movies to me are dramas with recognizable human beings that are in extraordinary situations.” HumansActionHuman BeingsSituationDramaExtraordinaryAction Movie Author:Walter Hill
“I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's where I feel comfortable and confident and I get to explore these big human stories and dramas and collaborate with extraordinary people, great talented artists and administrators and other people who are passionate about it and support it. It's like working with a great big family - the family you love and enjoy being with all the time.” PeopleFeelsHumansStoriesHomeBigsArtistHouseEnjoySupportDramaComfortableProjectsExtraordinaryPassionateOperaOrdinary PeopleAdministratorsBig FamiliesOpera House Author:Jake Heggie
“We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.” PeopleWantGivingRealFallHoursWalksInterestingHalfStruggleFeetStreetsDramaOrdinaryWindowExtraordinaryReal LifeOrdinary People Author:Ricky Gervais
“To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.” GrowsGrowing UpWrittenDramaExtraordinarySmall Parts Book:The Ordering of Love: The New & Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle Source: The Ordering of Love: The New & Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle
“It's strange, the lack of emotion, the absence of drama in reality. When things happen in real life, extraordinary things, there's no music, there's no dah-dah-daaahhs. There's no close-ups. No dramatic camera angles. Nothing happens. Nothing stops, the rest of the world goes on.” WorldRealRealityHappensEmotionStrangeGoes OnDramaCamerasExtraordinaryAbsenceThings HappenReal LifeDramaticAngleExtraordinary ThingsCamera Angles Book:Martyn Pig Source: Martyn Pig
“An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for it. Plays are written about...the extraordinary, the unusual, the climaxes. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.” PlayActorsRealizingInterestingActingWrittenTroubleTaughtDramaConflictPerformancesExtraordinaryUnusualClimax Author:Michael Shurtleff