Jerry Bruckheimer Quotes

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

I like a drama.

Drama sells.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

The stage is near and dear to me.

I love the stage.

From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work.

Actors are the most important. Performance is what matters. Nothing matters more than the actors; they have to perform. No one else can give life to the characters. Audiences must believe the characters as real and the moments as real.

I did a lot of theatre.

Normally, you spend the play convincing people of the world and the characters.

From the first audition on stage, I knew I loved acting.

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors.

I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience.

I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.

A play is a passion.

The stage calls my name.

I played comedies and dramas.

I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with a completely new perspective. I love the idea that people will sit in one room for a couple of hours and listen.

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

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way.