You're saying that you can't do things in the order you want, so let's test your theory. You pick any five quests in D3 and list them here. Then I will log on and see if it is possible to do them in the order you've listed. After I complete the five quests, spending the extra few seconds required to pick them from the main menu, you will either agree that you actually CAN do what you just said you CAN'T, or admit to the fact you have the unrealistic expectation that you should be able to 5 stack NV farm every boss in the game, one after the other.
Deal? After that we can do the "does ESC skip cutscenes" test where we can determine if you really are "forced to listen to all the lame dialogue and watch all the horrible cutscenes".
<---- Sarcasm smiley, just in case it didn't bleed through.