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"I didn't get along with Lindsay Lohan on 'Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen', but you have to consider that we were 16-year-old girls. I haven't seen Lindsay since then, but I imagine she's grown and become a different person. I know I have."
Megan Fox
"I didn't get along with Lindsay Lohan on 'Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen', but you have to consider that we were 16-year-old girls. I haven't seen Lindsay since then, but I imagine she's grown and become a different person. I know I have."
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"So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department."
James Earl Jones
"So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department."
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"There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable."
William Shatner
"There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable."
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"Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing."
Louise Fletcher
"Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing."
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"I'm not a huge drama person. I think I liked them more when I was younger."
Noah Hathaway
"I'm not a huge drama person. I think I liked them more when I was younger."
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"A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant."
Wilson Mizner
"A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant."
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"So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week."
Michael Beschloss
"So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week."
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"When really you've gone to drama school and rep and then you've come to London and gone to auditions and you've worked, solidly, for years. But that all gets forgotten."
Julia Ormond
"When really you've gone to drama school and rep and then you've come to London and gone to auditions and you've worked, solidly, for years. But that all gets forgotten."
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"One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath."
Elaine Paige
"One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath."
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"You took Theo's title and his home," West continued in appalled disbelief, "and now you want his wife.""His widow," Devon muttered."Have you seduced her?""Not yet."West clapped his hand to his forehead. "Christ. Don't you think she's suffered enough?"
Lisa Kleypas
"You took Theo's title and his home," West continued in appalled disbelief, "and now you want his wife.""His widow," Devon muttered."Have you seduced her?""Not yet."West clapped his hand to his forehead. "Christ. Don't you think she's suffered enough?"
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"Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops."
George P. Baker
"Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops."
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"This drama between Dean and Ehrlichman took place while I was trying to give the contents to the FBI."
Fred F. Fielding
"This drama between Dean and Ehrlichman took place while I was trying to give the contents to the FBI."
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"No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given."
George P. Baker
"No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given."
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"Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard."
Jenna Elfman
"Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard."
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"I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama."
Martin Milner
"I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama."
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"I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them."
Judy Garland
"I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them."
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"We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements."
George P. Baker
"We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements."
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"Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater."
Rick Riordan
"Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater."
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"When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature."
George P. Baker
"When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature."
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"I liked the drama of getting stoned."
Brion James
"I liked the drama of getting stoned."
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"Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got in a set-to that looked to be more about who was eyeballing whose boyfriend than who had the right to wear the same outfit that two of the ladies appeared to be wearing at the same time. Or possibly, what it was really about was who was wearing said outfit better."
Christina Engela
"Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got in a set-to that looked to be more about who was eyeballing whose boyfriend than who had the right to wear the same outfit that two of the ladies appeared to be wearing at the same time. Or possibly, what it was really about was who was wearing said outfit better."
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"If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic."
Edward Albee
"If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic."
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"If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now."
Kel Mitchell
"If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now."
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"Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?"
Lesley Garrett
"Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?"
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"It is a reality show... this show is never without drama."
Mario Vazquez
"It is a reality show... this show is never without drama."
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"Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be."
George P. Baker
"Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be."
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"The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories."
Jeremy Northam
"The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories."
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"I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection."
Aaron Sorkin
"I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection."
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"We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next."
Laura Innes
"We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next."
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"I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London."
Richard O'Brien
"I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London."
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"Sophia shrieked and fainted on the ground - I screamed and instantly ran mad. We remained thus mutually deprived of our senses, some minutes, and on regaining them were deprived of them again. For an Hour and a Quarter did we continue in this unfortunate situation - Sophia fainting every moment and I running mad as often. At length a groan from the hapless Edward (who alone retained any share of life) restored us to ourselves."
Jane Austen
"Sophia shrieked and fainted on the ground - I screamed and instantly ran mad. We remained thus mutually deprived of our senses, some minutes, and on regaining them were deprived of them again. For an Hour and a Quarter did we continue in this unfortunate situation - Sophia fainting every moment and I running mad as often. At length a groan from the hapless Edward (who alone retained any share of life) restored us to ourselves."
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"Drama don't arrive by surprise; it is summoned, undisguised."
T. F. Hodge
"Drama don't arrive by surprise; it is summoned, undisguised."
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"Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater."
Graeme Murphy
"Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater."
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"Life is a drama of love, hopes, dreams, desires, and fears. To enjoy it, be bold to overcome fear."
Debasish Mridha
"Life is a drama of love, hopes, dreams, desires, and fears. To enjoy it, be bold to overcome fear."
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"I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice."
James Levine
"I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice."
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"There's no drama like wrestling."
Andy Kaufman
"There's no drama like wrestling."
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"I'm a drama guy."
Shemar Moore
"I'm a drama guy."
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"You have to go to the ultimate situation in drama."
Edward Bond
"You have to go to the ultimate situation in drama."
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"We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife."
David Mamet
"We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife."
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"They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great lesson that The Royal Hunt of the Sun taught me, it was the profundity that masked drama can achieve, that of course, the audience were not seeing masks moving at all."
Peter Shaffer
"They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great lesson that The Royal Hunt of the Sun taught me, it was the profundity that masked drama can achieve, that of course, the audience were not seeing masks moving at all."
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"I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it."
Kevin Richardson
"I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it."
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"Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment."
Jane Austen
"Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment."
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"I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia."
Johnny Vegas
"I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia."
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"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."
Sean Penn
"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."
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"Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?"
Montserrat Caballe
"Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?"
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"Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid."
Tom Baker
"Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid."
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"For me, football is just a game, not a drama."
Michel Patini
"For me, football is just a game, not a drama."
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"I was a drama major also so it's cool to cuss for meaning, but for no apparent reason, no."
Kel Mitchell
"I was a drama major also so it's cool to cuss for meaning, but for no apparent reason, no."
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"When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth."
James D'arcy
"When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth."
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"I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material."
Orlando Bloom
"I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material."
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