It wasn't just about mastering English. It was about shading, subtext and subtlety - all the things that make a great actor.
The subtext of the Democratic proposal is: If you have a problem, get a lawyer.
When people start yammering about artistic responsibility, artists become wary. The subtext of such talk is that the arts need to be regulated, which is to say censored.
Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all this is that we're women in a show so we can't possibly get along. It's not like they write about The Sopranos like that.
Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image.
For me really good acting is about subtext.
It's a dramatic shift for my character. He has put away the hatred for his brother - the sibling rivalry, the envy. At the core of him is respect for what he knows Sonny to be, and the subtext that he can save his brother.
All of Wes Anderson's films are confections, memoirs created in cinematic snow globes, with the subtext that memory is the most extraordinary confection of all.
Five decades ago, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, began visibly ailing, the nation and the world were consumed by the question: 'After Nehru, who?' The inexpressible fear lay in the subtext to the question: 'After Nehru, what?'
The generation that's 20 years old doesn't need the subtext of a sitcom,