Audience Quotes · Page 36

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.

— Emanuel Ax

Not every show needs to reach the same size of audience, or same width, of a ‘Sopranos,'

— Sue Naegle

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

— Swara Bhaskar

Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

— Adam McKay

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

— Karl G. Maeser

When people enter any form of competition they need to be able to connect with the audience at home; that's what makes…

— Arlene Phillips

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

— Francesca Annis

I think that a lot of times Mr. Peanutbutter is absolutely speaking directly to the audience and saying basic, human truths that…

— Paul F. Tompkins

People assume that your audience is full of people who love you. But, typically, it's one person in four who's chosen to…

— Romesh Ranganathan

I'm always searching for a signature sound and melody that resonates with the film and audience and becomes integral to the film,…

— David Raiklen

For me, the audience is the most important thing in the whole chain, so finding out how they respond to things is…

— Alexis Taylor

You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the…

— Linda Cardellini

The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz…

— Andre Rieu

A large part of my filmmaking self has to do with my love of being in the cinema audience, and my relationships…

— Tilda Swinton

I'm designing a seductive frame to attract an audience to a subject they would otherwise ignore. And that's what I do in…

— Taryn Simon

I needed to create some dramatic tension to sustain the interest of the audience. For instance, the boy in the film is…

— Philippe Falardeau

You've got to trust the audience, and hopefully if you do interesting work you'll get an audience that are interested and engaged.…

— Jesse Armstrong

I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an…

— Taran Killam

I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only…

— Ian Mckellen

... Albert Lee and I have become real close friends, and he comes out anytime I'm in the L.A. area, and he'll…

— Brad Paisley

The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes,…

— Raymond Chandler

There are so many burning issues to be dealt with that it's completely understandable and natural that a character is struggling with…

— Colm Meaney

Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky.…

— Laura Benanti

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

— Tallulah Bankhead

“From the writer's perspective, audience is always an act of the imagination.”

— Billy Marshall Stoneking

When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best applause you know of, youre in good…

— L. Ron Hubbard

The audience must be sick to death of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. I know I am.

— Suzanne Collins

I don't think majority of the audience associate Mohanlal with a creative, genius artiste; it's just that they see themselves in him.

— Priyadarshan

For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.

— Sara Shepard

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going…

— Gemma Arterton

If your sleight of hand causes you to break eye contact with your audience, it is too advanced for your skill level.

— Jeff McBride

“You don’t have to say everything to be a light. Sometimes a fire built on a hill will bring interested people to…

— Shannon L. Alder

It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.

— Ray Romano

A film has to maintain a certain decorum in order to be broadcast to a vast audience.

— Chuck Palahniuk

If the audience doesn't like it, usually they're just silent. But they've never all walked out at once.

— Mark Russell

It's weird, I actually like doing interviews now. Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience.

— Noah Wyle

Those series from the '70s and '80s with a studio audience are dead.

— Eddie Griffin

I know awards give great responsibilities and audience will certainly expect more from you.

— Shweta Menon

It's insanely difficult to ask an audience to go somewhere other than YouTube to watch videos.

— Grace Helbig