When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
An audience is the most dangerous thing in the world, because they paid, and they're looking at you. And they paid! And… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
In a live environment, the more bodies you put in a room, the more energy there will be. That's a real big… — Jay Reatard Copy Share Image
I know I should be taking breaks in my performances , but there is something about the Maharashtrian audience that makes me… — Shobana Copy Share Image
“(on not being able to keep still): I have to move. I always want to engage the audience, and hopefully they are… — Blake Lewis Copy Share Image
I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important… — Andrew Dost Copy Share Image
We give you this story. It is for the audience to be moved and gut wrenched, not us. It isn't as if… — Linda Lavin Copy Share Image
I've never seen a performer create electricity with an audience like James Brown. He's got everybody in his hands and whatever he… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It was my duty to give them the best show possible. Say you've got a timid little preacher in North Carolina or… — Marjoe Gortner Copy Share Image
Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every… — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
It's easy to slide into believing you're the hypnotist here, the mirage master, the smart cookie who knows what's real and how… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Unlike typical romantic comedies, Definitely Maybe is not formulaic or predictable and it spans a decade while being set against a political… — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
I was an adult and I was in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I was performing in this cave - they used to… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
If you're a playwright, unless you're really lacking in get-up-and-go, you can always get your play up somewhere. You can't necessarily make… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
They killed me in The Sopranos. I went to David Chase, and I said, "Why me? I'm a detective! You can use… — John Heard Copy Share Image
You either have to make people love you or you have to make them hate you, it doesn't really matter either way.… — The Undertaker Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of being able to hold those long shots and use space. I don't know, I think everything's so… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
I think that of most leaders in religion as power brokers. They give orders, in a sense, to an audience every week,… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I never go see live comedy shows because I just sit in the audience thinking, "Here's what I would say. Here's what… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
There are several key pieces to keeping audiences engaged, and the evolution of that. One of them, mostly importantly really, is to… — Stephanie McMahon Copy Share Image
“Imagine a room of a hundred people huddled around a control panel, doing everything in their power to capture the attention of… — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
The audience plays a huge part in how a piece will actually form. They really allow the performers to walk a tightrope… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me.… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
What you never want to do is have a story that doesn't track emotionally, because then you're going joke to joke and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be… — Melissa Manchester Copy Share Image
The TV audience is way bigger than a book audience, and no matter what I do, I'm always thinking if this will… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I've set aside a nice chunk of my advertising revenue each month for giveaways, like a KitchenAid mixer. I like buying them… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written… — Fairfax Cone Copy Share Image
Yes, I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
People say I'm a nice girl saying terrible things. I tend to say the opposite of what I think. You hope that… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
Because you're telling a story, and I'm sure people fifty years ago would tell the same story differently if they were telling… — Dennis Muren Copy Share Image
The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Today the challenge is not visuals, but to be able to tell a riveting emotional story, something that can reach deep down… — Gabriel Campisi Copy Share Image
To the audience, it's like I'm changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show's almost like a 90-minute song… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
