“I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.” ThinkingWantImportantCharacterStoriesShowsCareWeekBalanceDramaHorrorImportant ThingsCompellingTrickyGreat Character Author:Oren Peli
“Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.” FourWeekDramaSeasonsTheaterSevenTheatreOpera Author:Graeme Murphy
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out of actors, and some don't have a clue about acting. I think it'd be a good idea if directors put themselves in front of the camera, or even went on a six-week drama course, just to know a little bit about what that feels like.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsKindLittlesIdeasCoursesActorsBitsAbilityActingKnow HowWeekFrontsDramaDirectorsSixLittle BitBuiltCamerasGood IdeasClue Author:Paddy Considine
“What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and different costumes, every week. people are really mining the ability of storytellers to tell a long form story that goes from A to Z, and to trust that an audience will follow that. If they miss it, over the course of the week, they can watch it online or buy the DVD. There are so many different ways of interacting with it. Storytelling in television is getting more complex and more nuanced.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentStoriesFormCoursesOpportunityGivenAbilityWatchesAudienceWeekMissingTelevisionDramaComplexesStorytellingDifferent WaysOnlineStorytellerCostumesCablesDvdsInteractingMining Author:Sarah Wayne Callies
“I worked in Bhs, but I was only there for a couple of weeks before I got fired because I needed the Saturday off to go to drama club. I was useless - I was so bored. There was nothing to do, so I'd go and do a circuit of the store, throwing jumpers on the floor, then go and pick them up. It wasn't rock 'n' roll rebellion, it was just to look busy. They tried to teach me how to work the till and I'm useless with numbers, so I was making it all up as I went along. I must have lost them tons of money.” LooksLostNumbersTeachWeekRocksCoupleNeededDramaPicksBusyClubsStoresUselessBoredRebellionThrowingRock N RollSaturdayCircuitsJumpersSo BoredDrama Club Author:Joanna Page
“I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid £75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money.” MightSchoolFilmLeftWeekDramaPaidLots Of Money Author:John Hurt
“The great thing about having a serialized drama (like 'Sons of Anarchy') is that I'm allowed to bring up events and circumstances that have happened in the past in other episodes to show that this kind of violence doesn't happen in a vacuum. It has ramifications. It has repercussions. Whether it's a week from now or five years from now, you know it will play out. Nothing is ever tied up into a perfect knot.” KnowsYearsKindPlayShowsHappensPastPerfectFiveViolenceHappenedWeekEventsSonCircumstancesDramaGreat ThingsFive YearsAnarchyTiedEpisodesVacuumsKnotsRepercussionsTied UpRamifications Author:Kurt Sutter
“I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So three times a week I would have long, two-hour sessions with her just working on the nuance of the accent, which I had had a huge background in because I went to drama school in England for four years.” YearsLongTwoSchoolThreeHoursFourWeekHugeDramaEnglandCoachesBackgroundsShootingFour YearsAccentsThree TimesSessionNuanceDialectThailandSkypeDialect Coach Author:Lake Bell
“There are very few horror shows, where you have a long running arc. Most horror shows play as a sort of an anthology. Buffy - a terrific show - had the-demon-of-the-week. Twilight Zone - X Files - these things had an anthology approach. Our show is a long running drama with the same creatures every week.” LongPlayShowsRunningWeekDramaHorrorCreaturesApproachDemonZoneTwilightTerrificFilesArcsAnthologyX FilesTwilight Zone Author:Glen Mazzara
“I didn't go to drama school because, from the first refusal I then, as I said, a couple of weeks later, was offered a professional job, where I am immensely grateful to the journey.” FirstsSaidSchoolJobsJourneyWeekCoupleDramaGratefulRefusal Author:Ben Kingsley
“Film and television as a medium has only very recently begun to be taught at the great drama schools in the UK. When I was at drama school in the UK, I was there for two and a half years, and we did one week of television and film. It's right before you leave. It's like, "We've taught you Anton Chekhov and William Shakespeare, you are likely to be in a washing-up soap-liquid commercial."” SchoolFilmWeekDrama Author:James Callis
“I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's what I do every week.” ComedyWeekDramaScripts Author:Eva Longoria
“In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingTwoEndsSexForgetWeekThis WorldDramaOppositesGive MeSentencesClashBanterDays Of The Week Author:Douglas Coupland