The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and… — Joan Fontaine Copy Share Image
When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you.… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
If you go out and make a show and put your heart on the line every time, the people will respond to… — Wanderlei Silva Copy Share Image
I did find it particularly difficult to do Broadway. It was not my favourite way to perform. When I do theatre, I… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I love live theater; I like the relationship between the show and the audience. That's my comfort zone, but more than anything,… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
And he absolutely had to find her at once to tell her that he adored her, but the large audience before him… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Luther Vandross and I met in Roberta Flack's band. He was singing background, I was playing bass, and Roberta was beautiful. She's… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
“I’m not really interested in the audience’s enjoyment,' Cave mumbles once he has changed into clean pants. 'It doesn’t bother me one… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type isn't and shouldn't be the main consideration. Does the actor look the part? It is the simplest question… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience. When you're meeting somebody for the first time, all… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
With female-oriented movies, unless it's something like 'Bridesmaids' or a romantic comedy, you've got to really worry about your opening weekend. And… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
I'm not really much of a genre guy. I think that audiences don't need that anymore where you just need a very… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
It's all about the audience and the people who support your work and respond to it. So, anytime I hear that 'Next… — Tom Kitt Copy Share Image
When you're on stage, you build strong relationships with the actors, but it's a story you tell with the audience - you… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Spending energy to understand the audience and carefully crafting a message that resonates with them means making a commitment of time and… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
A prequel to 'Baby' was never on the cards, but when the movie was successful, we realized from the audience response to… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
It's a simple and an effective way of getting everyone on the same page, prepared and paying attention to the gag. People… — Frank Caliendo Copy Share Image
I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front… — Alfie Allen Copy Share Image
“The same sermon can be preached to the same audience, many times over, in the same manner, and the Holy Spirit can… — Pr. Paddick Van Zyl Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of theater in my time, and in rehearsals, you're like, 'Well, we find it funny,' but until you… — Phil Dunster Copy Share Image
Kickback is a police thriller which I wrote. I'm very proud of it. I did it in two parts for France because… — David Lloyd Copy Share Image
I am doing what I love to do, and you cannot beat that, especially when the audience appreciates what you prepare for… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I think comedy evolves constantly. I reinvent myself all the time. I always find a way to entertain myself because I truly… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
If you're sitting in the audience, you probably can't see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or… — Tobey Maguire Copy Share Image
I think that the cinema is a physical thing. What I'm looking for is creating a physical shock with the audience. I… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make… — Ronny Cox Copy Share Image
I would love to play a main character and then play different characters as well. I would want for it to be… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
You can have characters that say one thing and do another, and in certain kinds of drama, you can't get away with… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much… — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
Sitcoms are like summer stock. You put it up in three days, and then you do it in front of an audience,… — Susan Egan Copy Share Image
They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great lesson that The Royal Hunt of the… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
