Clint Eastwood Quotes About Drama

Quotes about: Drama

• My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

  Clint Eastwood

  Drama, Acting, Used

• Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

  Clint Eastwood

  Drama, Conflict, Intense

  "Gentle man Clint". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2008.

• I don't like showing the technique. I don't like people who say, "Here, I'm going to act, but first I have to bounce off this wall." If you have to bounce off the wall, do it by yourself. Don't feature the technique. My old drama coach used to say, "Don't just do something, stand there." Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

  Clint Eastwood

  Wall, Drama, People

• The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you just go out and try to make one by putting on boots and jumping on a horse and riding off... If you don't have the material, the characters and the things to overcome and conflicts that give life to drama, you don't have it.

  Clint Eastwood

  Horse, Drama, Book

  Interview with Michael Parkinson, www.theguardian.com. Ocober 6, 2003.

• Whatever the drama of the story is, you have to be true to it.

  Clint Eastwood

  Drama, Stories, Being True

  "Clint Eastwood Describes His Near-Death Experience, Says 'American Sniper' Is Anti-War (Exclusive)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 16, 2015.

• I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

  Clint Eastwood

  Nice, Drama, Thinking

  "Clint Eastwood Sits Down With Bill O'Reilly". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. February 25, 2005.

• Conflict is the basis of drama. I guess that goes back as long as time has existed as far as mankind is concerned, dating back to the Greek tragedies or the Old Testament. And violence is a form of conflict, so whether that's catharsis or whether that has some socially damaging effect on audiences - I suppose that would just depend.

  Clint Eastwood

  Drama, Dating, Long

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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