Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Santayana

. . . until the curtain was rung down on the last act of the drama (and it might have no last act!) he wished the intellectual cripples and the moral hunchbacks not to be jeered at; perhaps they might turn out to be the heroes of the play.

George Jean Nathan

Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul.

Adam Rayner

That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It gives you the confidence to try and take it to the next step, which was drama school.

Kenneth Tynan

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

Marshall McLuhan

Youth instinctively understand the present environment - the electric drama. It lives mythically and in depth.

Marshall McLuhan

The young today cannot follow narrative but they are alert to drama. They cannot bear description but they love landscape and action.

Maria Callas

My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can't see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I am lost in my role and giving everything I have to the drama.

Paul Greengrass

You face challenges and you have to make choices. You're weighing the necessary responsibility toward reality and authenticity and of course the need to create a compressed drama over two hours.

Julia Sawalha

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

Jack Nicholson

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

Alan Rickman

You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.