I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
A brick could be cast in Samuel Jackson roles. It would be cheaper and more dramatic.
All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic actresses, but everything they do is funny.
The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.
If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie?
The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.
The legalization of marijuana is not a dangerous experiment – the prohibition is the experiment, and it has failed dramatically, with millions of victims all around the world.
Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever?
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area.
I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.
Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff.
Black and awkward is the worst, because black people are stereotyped as being anything but awkward in mainstream media... Black people are always portrayed to be cool or overly dramatic, anything but awkward.
You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly.
Gray is great. People think gray is a neutral, but I think it's such a moody, intense, dramatic and sexy color. It's very sleek.
I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.
In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.
'Life Is Good' represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.
Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project.
