Audience Quotes · Page 74

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something…

— Aaron Sorkin

We saw Hulu as an opportunity to broaden our audience for ABC content.

— Anne Sweeney

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

— David Mamet

The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn't like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me.

— Neil Sedaka

I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.

— Chita Rivera

I've always traveled with the films because I want the audience to be my teacher so that I can learn for the…

— Sally Potter

ESPN is covering a tiny subset of the sports audience that believes in woke sports.

— Clay Travis

I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.

— Peter Jackson

There's certainly pressure to find your audience early. You need to paint the picture, but it's tough trying to find the balance…

— Jorge Garcia

Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for…

— Burt Ward

Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the…

— David Steinberg

I think the audience know which films are aimed at their pocket, and which films are aimed at their soul. There are…

— Josh Fox

Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell…

— Carmen Agra Deedy

The Americans have always been more open to my ideas. In fact, I could earn a living in America just by lecturing.…

— Colin Wilson

I have spoken, and I was understood. It's not like I'm a tragic person who wasn't understood. All those books are in…

— John Waters

I don't pay attention to target audiences and therefore I often hear that I am a ratings killer, somebody who fundamentally doesn't…

— Alexander Kluge

"Sesame Street" was really the first kid's show that my dad did. He did a couple of TV specials that were targeted…

— Brian Henson

Todd Glass has amazing energy on stage. Dave Attell is one of my favorites because he's a one liner comic who is…

— Anthony Jeselnik

And one of the things I noticed pretty early on in art school was that my classmates had no notion of an…

— David Sedaris

Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to…

— Jason Reitman

Acting is a way to escape who you are for a short period of time. It doesn't happen all the time ,…

— James Purefoy

The customer is always what inspires me first! I love talking to everyone on Instagram and seeing feedback on SnapChat! I can…

— Jeffree Star

This is show business, and there's room for the shows and the personalities. But I think there's also room for music, for…

— Butch Trucks

Something that I think extends to a lot of African cultures is that the line between performer and audience is blurry. My…

— Kelela

Just because you're laughing, it doesn't mean the audience will, necessarily.

— Jon Tenney

There is no substitute for taking off in flight in front of a live audience.

— Tempestt Bledsoe

Not only do you want to leave the audience wanting more, you want to leave yourself wanting more.

— Carole King

In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.

— Marlon Brando

If you take pleasure in what you're doing, certainly the audience might, too.

— Gaspar Noe

In our show, we try to think about consequences, not about tricking the audience or hiding things to fool the audience.

— Peter Gould

Photography is a lot like telling a large predatory cat what to do-while an audience of people you can't see watches you.

— Dorothea Lange

When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. Its exhilarating!

— Laura Marano

For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.

— Quintilian

The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It…

— Claire Denis

I am happy with the response I am receiving for 'Kaabil.' Audiences' love is what we work for, after all.

— Yami Gautam

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in and not just casually observe.

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be…

— James L. Brooks

Theatre, for me, is about providing to the audience a new and exciting experience.

— Haris Pasovic

I love to do shows in unlikely places, because the audience's expectations are less fixed.

— Zach Galifianakis

Speak to the suffering, and you will never lack an audience. There is a broken heart in every crowd.

— Joseph Parker