Ann Dowd Quotes

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

Television is very different than working on film. With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.

I'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both.

When I sat down with the creators of the show [Longmire], back when we were first starting to do the pilot, Branch was not that interesting on the page. What really sold me on the show and the character was their vision for him. It took the whole first season to flesh him out.

I'm such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They're such wonderful characters. I'm a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-based shows.

In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit to your character's back-story.

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.

I like drama. My first movie that I did, 'Soul Survivors', was a drama, and I'm just drawn to that; that's sort of my forte.

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

I think if people stick with 'The Leftovers,' it's a very rewarding viewing experience. I wanted to be part of that - and what a great cast we got. I wanted to be one of those actors, in that show!

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.

I like stories where there's a center that's mushy and complicated.

I think 'Pretty Little Liars' is going to be hugely popular for adults, for kids, for girls, for guys, you know, something for everyone to look at, and the stories are going to be great. There's suspense every week. The friendship is really fun to watch. I think it's going to have something for everybody.

I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience.

All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

I love 'Game of Thrones' and 'Breaking Bad.'

Another show I really enjoyed working on was 'Raising The Bar.' I did four or five episodes of that show.

With television, I worked on 'Lost,' where you'd just put your faith in the writers and go with what they're writing.

I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.

The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, and often made me cry uncontrollably, suffered ultimately from a lack of rocket launchers.

I think on 'ER,' my other long-running show, I had some ideas about what's going on. 'Stargate Universe,' they were kind of secretive too a little bit about what they wanted to do, but I kind of liked working this way. I like the surprises, and I like knowing just enough to work on the character.

I love 'Lost' and 'Mission: Impossible III.'

Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to.