Jennifer Beals Quotes

The essence to me of all good drama is argument.

Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.

I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

I hesitate to get into the gutter with this guy.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

I don't even like playing a contentious role.

I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.

Discussion in America means dissent.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

I want to manufacture a feud.

I love opening night, and I love doing plays. But one of my favorite parts about doing a play or working on a new play is rehearsal.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal.

Controversy is always a beautiful thing. I love controversy and I try to fan it as much as I can without having my husband's head pop off!

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.

I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it.

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time.

I don't want to argue with you Mr. Speaker. I'm just trying to give you my thoughts.

There is no history without polemic ... without originating in antagonism to something which exists and which it wants to combat and substitute

We are a fiercely argumentative lot.

Conflict is entertaining and it's the stuff of drama - or comedy - but too much conflict, or conflict that's at too high a pitch can get annoying.

Sometimes as a player you do not want to get into a controversy.