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A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming. -- Jane Fonda
We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences. -- Jerry Bruckheimer
Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God. -- Judy Davis
Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality. -- Constance Marie
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. -- Carlisle Floyd
I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in. -- Edward St Aubyn
Portnoy's Complaint' was very far out there, and movies have always worked when you have either a funny situation between two or more people or a very dramatic situation. There's not that much difference. -- Richard D. Zanuck
Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big, and the artists believe in the situation dramatically. There's no irony or distance. -- James Gray
I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there's humor. And if you don't show that, you're not being true to real life. -- Jenji Kohan
In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing. -- Bjorn Lomborg
Anyone can see that, say, superheroes and vampires perform well at the box office. That in turn can trigger competitive bidding situations and soaring fees for people who can bring these properties to the screen. The result can be a dramatic increase in the costs of production. -- Anita Elberse
The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations. -- Ira Glass
I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends itself to an artistic reflection. I always aim to look directly at what I'm dealing with. I think it's a task of dramatic art to confront us with things that in the entertainment industry are usually swept under the rug. -- Michael Haneke
I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations. -- Jason Gann

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