“The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity.” ThinkingHumansPersonsEmotionalDramaNovelistsComplexity Author:Thane Rosenbaum
“There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama and melodrama, and it is this line between evoking genuine emotional power and being manipulative.” WritingProcessLinesWalksNovelEmotionalFineDramaGenuineWriting ProcessFine LinesMelodramaManipulativeEmotional Power Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there - that, one might say, is created. It is the inexplicable presence of the thing not named, of the overtone divined by the ear but not heard by it, the verbal mood, the emotional aura of the fact or the thing or the deed, that gives high quality to the novel or the drama, as well as to poetry itself.” GivingWellsFactsMightFeltQualityNovelHeardEmotionalDramaPagesEarsDeedsMoodAurasInexplicableHigh Quality Book:Not Under Forty Source: Not Under Forty
“The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.” FeelsStillsRealHappensActorsEasyChallengesLinesActingAudienceLaughingComedyDyingEmotionalEasierDramaThings HappenComicFulfillingHorrificFeel Like Dying Author:George Takei
“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
“You know how theres always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? Im not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.” KnowsWellsSchoolGirlKnow HowCryEmotionalDramaHatsThat Girl Author:Condola Rashad
“I would probably say I identified more with drama. I'm a really emotional, sensitive person. I'm family-minded and I'm the youngest of four kids. I have nine stepbrothers and sisters. And I love drama. I really do.” PersonsKidsFourEmotionalDramaNineSensitiveBrothers And SistersSensitive PersonLove Drama Author:Courteney Cox
“Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake of thinking a contrived, pretend drama can substitute for real interpersonal comfort in dealing with important emotional issues.” ThinkingMeanStillsImportantRealEndsPlayMistakeIssuesEmotionalComfortDramaSubstitutesMeans To An EndInterpersonal Author:Stanley Greenspan
“MPU was a great platform for emotional drama and Australian stories.” StoriesEmotionalDramaPlatformsAustralian Author:Michael A. Healy
“I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When you do that, it's funnier. And when you do that, you really do hit the emotional beats. I do it the same way as I do a drama. I just play it for truth, and then maybe have a little bit of fun with it sometimes.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesRealSometimesPlayRealityFunBitsComedyEmotionalDramaLittle BitBeatsSake Author:Jennifer Lopez
“My emotional investment started when I read the first scene of the actual drama [45 Years]. I can't explain it, there's no logic to it, but the notion of one's youth that somehow comes back but is gone, a man of my age connecting to that timing of life.” MenYearsFirstsI CanAgeGoneYouthEmotionalDramaSceneLogicInvestmentNotionTimingConnectingEmotional Investment Author:Tom Courtenay
“You will free yourself from emotional drama by uncovering all the lies you believe in. It is a process of unlearning the lies. It is a period of cleansing, and it has nothing to do with the dream of society.” BelieveDreamLyingProcessEmotionalPeriodsDramaCleansingFree YourselfUncovering Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I've never been one of those people who has an extremely high level of crisis. I just don't need all that emotional drama.” PeopleNeedsLevelsEmotionalDramaCrisisHigh Level Author:Demi Moore
“It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.” DoneRolesComedyEmotionalDramaDemandDraining Author:Sean Penn