George Takei Quotes

Good drama must be drastic.

We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama.

Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy.

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

I like a drama.

Television is so neat; I grew up doing theater, and I've done a bit of film. I know I'm stating the obvious, but it's a unique storytelling form in that it's able to constantly evolve.

Like any compelling show on television, what works best in WWE is relationships. What's the relationship between these two people, and how does the conflict manifest itself into box office?

Drama sells.

Nothing is more theater-based than wrestling. It's Greek-tragedy-level theater.

All I can say is that 'Raw' is an amazing show.

I've been watching a lot of cable shows like 'The Wire' and 'Breaking Bad' and 'Downton Abbey.' I love how real the moments are.

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but come up with very few moral answers, stories that emotionally touch readers through the characters.

Dramatics are what keep you in the seats.

I've decided 'Breaking Bad' may be one of the best TV shows ever, but I had to watch every last episode of the first four seasons to come to that conclusion.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.

The drama is a great revealer of life.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

I think that in order for anything to work on television, you have to have conflict. Nothing can be too happy or it's boring. People don't want to watch that - they want to watch things that are exciting and dangerous and sexy and have tension.