“Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during the 1970s], so I hope I did all right. Otherwise, it could be the biggest embarrassment of my life. Also, the story is not linear, it's patchy, like a cubist painting, and there is always the possibility it will not hold together, it will fall apart. The tone is part satire, part serious drama, part tragedy, all mixed together, and it has to hit an emotional core. That's also very scary.” PeopleMindStoriesTogetherFallPiecesPossibilityEmotionalPaintingSeriousPeriodsDramaTragedyScaryCoreToneSatireFalling ApartEmbarrassmentLinearTaiwan Author:Ang Lee
“I worked on dramas before, I love sinking my teeth into something dramatic or a period piece, but there's something so fun about doing a comedy. When you go to set and your only job is to make people laugh, there's an unbelievable energy on set.” PeopleJobsEnergyFunLaughingComedyPiecesPeriodsDramaTeethDramaticUnbelievableMaking People LaughSinking Author:Skylar Astin
“I come from a little bit of a theatrical background. I started that way. I don't have a tremendous body of work or anything, but I went to drama school. And so, to get to do a piece where the characters get to talk a lot, and that isn't just about the spectacle or the set piece, or is simply visual or movement based. It was really wonderful for me, and juicy and exciting.” WayLittlesCharacterBodySchoolBitsPiecesWonderfulMovementDramaLittle BitExcitingBackgroundsVisualsTheatricalJuicy Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“We have to understand (this is another key piece) that there are some individuals who still need that drama, that experience of violence.” NeedsStillsIndividualPiecesViolenceKeysDrama Author:Christine McCormick Day
“If it's a low-brow bawdy comedy, it's got to stand the chance of succeeding as such. If it's an intellectual piece, a drama, and so forth. And of course, once you've determined the level of the piece, do it the best you know how. And then don't make concessions. To audiences, or to pursestrings, or whatever.” IfsKnowsCoursesChanceLevelsAudienceKnow HowComedyPiecesDramaSucceedIntellectualLowsDeterminedBrowsConcessions Author:John Hurt
“I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.” ThinkingChallengesComedyPiecesDramaPicksBack And Forth Author:Sigourney Weaver
“More than anything else, though, to anyone who would write about it, golf offers a four-hour drama in two acts, which becomes memorable even in the tape-recorded reminiscenses of old champs, and which - in the hands of someone like Herb Wind - can become a piece of war correspondence as artfully controlled as Alan Morehead's account of Gallipoli.” WritingTwoWarHandsHoursPiecesFourWindDramaOffersAccountsGolfMemorableControlledTapeHerbsCorrespondenceGallipoli Book:Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements Source: Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements
“There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.” RealFunFictionResponsibilityPiecesDramaOddAppearingSense Of Responsibility Author:James D'arcy