#Drama

"The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance."

"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out."

"My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it."

"I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama."

"Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces."

"Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth."

"How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey."

"Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor."

"Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with."

"The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might envy."

"I need drama in my life to keep making music."

"Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment."

"Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

"Your mother won a special reward,"she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded."

"If you look at 'The Best Man,' there's a lot of humor in that, but I never consider that movie a comedy. I felt that it was a drama with comedic elements and comedic parts to it."

"If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled."

"The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately."

"It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama."

"...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church."

"'Hill Street,' because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition of high drama with very low humor."