I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight. - Will Ferrell
My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama. - Richard E. Grant
I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today. - Pete Townshend
It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony. - Laurence Housman
The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical, economic, financial, social and political challenge. - Jeffrey Sachs
It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. - Bruce Beresford
You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel. - Michael Ondaatje
We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child. - Jessica Hagedorn
There is always drama and there will always be drama, but its the way its presented in my head that makes it so interesting. Everyone gets their time in the middle of the drama. - Josh Schwartz
There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun. - James D'arcy
If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something. - Eminem
A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school. - Eva Green
You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it. - Sharon Gless
The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love. - Dino De Laurentiis
I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls. - Michael J. Fox
In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama. - Jenna Elfman