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I was educated at a convent in Kent. It was run by Irish and French nuns. I mostly hated it but they did allow me to follow my passion for drama, writing plays, performing, and directing my works.

It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.

I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama.

I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.

I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed.

At the end of the day what matters most is that we can cut through the pettiness and drama when it really counts and support each other.

I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.

I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within one story.

You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.

I like nothing more than a character sacrificing himself or herself for the sake of others. That's drama at its finest for me.

I think when people talk about lighter drama, they tend to use that term, not derogatorily, but 'lighter' means sort of less to a degree, but if you're an actor, light drama is often mistaken for easier drama.

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laugh, then you know you're not being funny. That's a really fun challenge, and that's what draws me to comedy.

All of the drama with my family and me and my mom and the separation between us and all that crazy stuff - I actually wrote about that. I have a song called 'Dear Mom,' and it's about the trials and tribulations with my mom, so I wrote about that and just everything that I've been through.

All the drama you see about Christianity or the Catholic religion? People are seeing through that, and there are really authentic people out there with faith.

I don't think anything connects with an audience as deeply as a long-form serialized drama, and much as I love television, I've always found a good ongoing comics series to be much more immersive.

I never like to talk about my own politics, but whether you're left, right or center, the 2008 race was definitely good drama.

I never want readers to be comfortable, to feel like we're in a comedy or a drama. Life is never just one of those things. Life is a balance of all those things.

I was impressed that when it came to making 'Rebellion,' they sought out Aku Louhimies, a Finnish director who's part of that new wave of Scandinavian realist drama.

I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way.

If I'm watching a heavy drama and there's no moment of people laughing, I always think that's not realistic.

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