Famous quote by Julianne Moore

You know, comedys hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotiona

"You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it"

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This quote by Julianne Moore talks to the problem of comedy. Funny is not practically making people laugh, but likewise about communicating a psychological reality. It needs a combination of technique and emotional fact to be effective. Drama, on the other hand, has a responsibility to the emotional truth, but funny needs more. It requires a proficiency of method to be able to make individuals laugh, while likewise communicating a psychological truth. Comedy is a hard art type, and it takes a great deal of ability and practice to be able to make people laugh while likewise conveying a psychological reality. Julianne Moore's quote speaks with the trouble of funny and the importance of technique and emotional reality in order to succeed.

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This quote is written / told by Julianne Moore somewhere between December 3, 1960 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 7 other quotes.
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