Jim Sarbh Quotes

One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.

Television is so neat; I grew up doing theater, and I've done a bit of film. I know I'm stating the obvious, but it's a unique storytelling form in that it's able to constantly evolve.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

I'm very focused on 'Dexter' right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

Theater is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage.

There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.

I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

My plan B has always been to make a film about people who talk a lot.

I'm excited about what technology is offering storytellers and movie- and TV-makers.

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both of them is storytelling and acting.

These days, you don't need a song or glamour to make your film work. It is all about a good story.

A sad truth I learned as a DP starting out was that it doesn't matter how beautiful I make it if the story and performance are not there. That should be number one.

Going to film school just made me love it. Before film school, I didn't really think much of acting. I was more into making music, but going to school and learning about it every day, it made me grow profound respect for the art.

People don't come to the theatres to watch a kiss. It's the story that appeals to them.

I think that because television is shot on a really fast schedule, and it gets piped into your home on a smaller screen, it's much more about character and dialogue in a lot of cases than the movies are.

Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell.

Star power will always remain relevant but content has become the king.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.

Tone is everything in TV.