“A lot of people give actors credit when they gain weight for a role in a drama when they win an Oscar, but when you’re doing a sitcom, people don’t give you a lot of credit, because you’ve got to keep your weight on for five or six years if it’s successful.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsActorsWinningRolesSuccessfulFiveDramaSixGainsWeightCreditOscarsSitcom Author:Mike O'Malley
“All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about... Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.” PlaySuccessfulWrittenDramaAncientConclusionRealisticInvestigationGreeceDetectivesThrillersPresent DayAncient Greece Book:Amedee, The New Tenant, Victims of Duty: Three Plays Source: Amedee, The New Tenant, Victims of Duty: Three Plays
“People also like partnerships because they can identify with the drama of two people in partnership. They can feed off a partnership, and that keeps people entertained. Besides, if you have a successful partnership, it's self-sustaining.” PeopleIfsTwoSelfSuccessfulDramaPartnershipSustaining Author:Mick Jagger
“I suppose drama can either take the place of a novel or can be very closely allied with it. It's quite customary to turn a successful novel into a film or a television series because you can dramatize and pictorialize a novel.” FilmTurnsNovelSuccessfulTelevisionDramaSeries Author:William Golding
“So let us be clear about this up front: We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women's power as economic catalysts. That is the process under way - not a drama of victimization but of empowerment, the kind that transforms bubbly teenage girls from brothel slaves into successful businesswomen. This is a story of transformation. It is change that is already taking place, and change that can accelerate if you'll just open your heart and join in.” IfsWayHeartKindStoriesGirlFightingProcessPovertySuccessfulClearEconomicFrontsMovementDramaEmpowermentTransformationSlaveTeenageCatalystAccelerateRecruitOpen Your HeartTeenage GirlVictimizationBrothelsUnlockingGlobal Poverty Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“People's lives are already cut out for them, and it's decided whether they will be successful or not.” PeopleSuccessfulCuttingDramaDecidedBeing Successful Author:Lee Eun-sang
“Do you know how much you can learn from a mere pair of high-heels? If you don't fall, you'll learn a bit, but If you do fall, you'll learn everything. If you become successful, you'll learn a bit, but if you fail, you'll get to learn everything. Success is the dumbest teacher, not the other way around” IfsKnowsWayFallBitsKnow HowSuccessfulTeacherFailingDramaMerePairsDo You KnowHeelsHigh HeelsBest TeacherBecoming Successful Author:Jung Ae-ri
“I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.” SuccessfulDramaVictim Author:Francesca Annis
“I am a successful lecturer in physics for popular audiences. The real entertainment gimmick is the excitement, drama and mystery of the subject matter. People love to learn something, they are 'entertained' enormously by being allowed to understand a little bit of something they never understood before. One must have faith in the subject and in people's interest in it.” PeopleLittlesRealMatterBitsInterestAudienceSuccessfulMysterySubjectsDramaLittle BitUnderstoodEntertainmentPhysicsExcitementHave FaithSubject MatterLecturerGimmicks Book:The Quotable Feynman Source: The Quotable Feynman
“It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy.” IfsThinkingStoriesSeemsHappensCausesEasySuccessfulComedyDramaConflictLove StoryTensionMisunderstandingIconicDiscordEscapists Author:Claire Danes
“I had never intended to be on the show more than three years, regardless of how successful it was. I had other things I wanted to do. And I was offered a role in 'Red Sky at Morning', [1970]. I got that part because [producer] Hal Wallis had seen the HERE'S LUCY show with Ann-Margaret. It was a thrill for me, getting to do the drama and comedy. It was such a good role. So I missed several episodes of the show to shoot the movie. And I never came back but one.” YearsShowsWantedThreeRolesMorningSuccessfulComedySkyDramaRedProducersThree YearsEpisodesThrillLucy Author:Desi Arnaz, Jr.