“I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging.” KnowsDoneFactsSchoolRememberCompanySawsHappenedDramaPerformancesCheeksYou Like It Author:David Oyelowo
“Say a miracle happened and you could pull stars from the sky. Even if that happened there's no way I would give up a game for you.” IfsWayGivingGamesStarsHappenedSkyDramaGiving UpMiracle Author:Kim Su-mi
“I never wanted to do just comedy or just drama; sometimes, going back and forth you can get yourself in trouble which happened to me on other things so you're always trying for a delicate balance - I also think that they compliment each other so well.” ThinkingTryingWellsSometimesWantedComedyHappenedTroubleBalanceDramaComplimentDelicateBack And ForthAlways Trying Author:Mike Binder
“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
“Frankly, Django is an American story that needs to be told, when you think of slavery existing in this country for 245 years. In slave narratives there were all types of tales and drama and heroism and pain and love that happened during that time. That's rich material for drama! Everyone complains that there are no new stories left to tell. Not true, there are a whole bunch of them, and they're all American with a capital A.” ThinkingNeedsYearsCountryWholeStoriesPainLeftRichHappenedMaterialsTypeDramaAnd LoveSlaverySlaveComplainingBunchTalesNarrativeHeroismLove And PainDjango Author:Quentin Tarantino
“If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result of what happened before, not just as a string of unrelated events, then the question doesn't come up.” IfsHappensStrongResultsHappenedEventsDramaMusic IsStructureCome UpThings HappenMake SenseStrings Author:Missy Mazzoli
“I was raised Catholic,I took from that was a sense of theater and drama, and also the idea that there were truths that couldn't actually be uttered directly but really had to be reached through ritual. You come out of those Masses so moved, and you're like, "Why did that happen?" And the truth of it is that it happened through an hour of highly enacted ritual.” IdeasHappensHoursHappenedDramaMassTheaterCatholicMovedRaisedRitual Author:George Saunders