“So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work in the summers.” PlaySchoolOrderStageNew YorkDramaSummerCapacityProductionsLooking For Work Author:Linda Lavin
“The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen.” PeopleLightHappensOpportunityGreaterDramaHappeningsCamerasProductionsStudiosSettingSettings Author:Ann Macbeth
“It's like the high school production of something you saw at Steppenwolf, with the most gifted students in drama class playing the John Malkovich and Joan Allen roles.” SchoolClassRolesSawsStudentsDramaHigh SchoolProductionsGiftedSteppenwolfDrama Class Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007
“Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the storytelling is really done in post.” KindDoneRealityFictionDramaProductionsStorytellingPosts Author:Kurt Sutter
“I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that took music and drama very seriously and the teachers were just brilliant.” SchoolTeacherInvolvedDramaLuckyMembersProductionsBrilliantGet InvolvedChoir Author:Bronagh Gallagher
“I was a football player at college and dislocated my thumb. I was out for a bit and passed the theatre and saw some lovely drama students walking into an audition for 'Much Ado About Nothing' and thought: 'That's what I'll do when I recover.' I joined that production and was hooked.” BitsSawsPlayerStudentsFootballCollegeWalkingDramaProductionsTheatreLovelyAuditionsThumbsHookedFootball Player Author:Clark Gregg
“I did study drama at Catholic U, but the undergraduates weren't put in productions, really, except as extras, and it wasn't a hands-on kind of thing at all. I couldn't afford to go to another college. And my grandparents lived in D.C., so I was able to live with them, and that's how I was able to afford it at all.” KindHandsAbleStudyCollegeDramaCatholicProductionsExtrasGrandparent Author:Susan Sarandon
“I would like to say something deeper, but for me, I saw a production of "Fences" in Rhode Island and a fabulous actress played Rose, but when she first came on the stage she was mad. You could just see it. She was all, "Troy stop!" So by the time you get to the revelation scene, I didn't think she loved him, so there was no loss. I think that the real tragedy and the real drama or the thing that makes you lean in is to see the love, to see the commitment. To see the fact that Rose is invested in this marriage no matter what.” ThinkingFirstsRealMatterFactsLossSawsStageDramaSceneCommitmentTragedyNo Matter WhatMadRoseProductionsDeeperActressesIslandsRevelationsFenceFabulousRhode Island Author:Viola Davis
“I think I actually did a production of "Under Milkwood," this Welsh play, with my drama group (at school), and I always remember taking everything far too seriously, and that it wasn't just a hobby but something I wanted to keep on doing.” ThinkingPlayWantedSchoolRememberGroupsDramaProductionsHobbiesWelsh Author:Felicity Jones
“I was viewed as a little bit of an outcast. I didn't have one group of friends who I hung out with every single day. I would have friends on my football team, friends in drama, friends in video production, and I would hand out with different people. I know that wasn't the normal thing to do in high school. The normal thing is to be ina group or be part of a clique. But for me, I love hanging out with different people and just having fun.” PeopleKnowsLittlesDifferentHandsSchoolFunBitsGroupsTeamFootballDramaNormalLittle BitHigh SchoolProductionsVideoHaving FunThings To DoHanging OutHungDifferent PeoplesOutcastFootball TeamCliqueGroup Of FriendsNormal ThingsJust Have Fun Author:Taylor Lautner
“I think it would be really fun to film a drama in a foreign country. If the opportunity presents itself, I want to film a Chinese production.” IfsThinkingWantCountryWould BeFilmOpportunityFunDramaProductionsChineseForeign Countries Author:Lee Min-ho
“My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing and I was given lots of encouragement by a wonderful music teacher Mrs Ann Hill and by my parents who suggested I go to drama school.” FirstsSchoolFormGivenParentRolesTeacherWonderfulDramaSingingEncouragementProductionsHillsMusic Teacher Author:Elaine Paige
“Can you feel that there is something in you that is at war, something that feels threatened and wants to survive at all cost, that needs the drama in order to assert its identity as the victorious character within that theatrical production? Can you feel there is something in you that would rather be right than at peace?” WantNeedsFeelsWarCharacterOrderIdentityDramaCostProductionsThreatenedTheatrical Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose