“What the self-styled modern artists are doing is a sort of unemotional pseudo-intellectual masturbation . . . whereas creative art is more like intercourse, in… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I love that moment just before the curtain goes up, whether I'm sitting in the audience or standing backstage. It's full of… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
The way you survive in the performing arts is by having a sense of your audience, and doing things which entertain and… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go:… — Siobhan Davies Copy Share Image
Because we live in a condition of ubiquitous music and media, and near infinite technological memory, it is much easier for local… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about comedy that annoys me the most from a comedian perspective. Comedy has gotten so segregated. Now… — Michael Che Copy Share Image
I think this market space, this modern world we're living in, one of its greatest failures is that it can only seem… — Herbert Copy Share Image
The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days.… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
Well, one thing that I like to do is treat the audience as if they're already kind of at the table -… — Rhys Ernst Copy Share Image
I don't think we need a critic to negotiate with the audience. People say, "Who are you writing for?" I'm writing for… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I didn't know if it would be a successful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
Every time I get in front of an audience, I do the best I can. I really don't look at it like,… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself,… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
Foreign news is one of the most expensive kinds of news and, unlike in colonial days, one of the categories with the… — John Maxwell Hamilton Copy Share Image
If we had an audience to play to, the performance would have gotten too big. Sizing our performances to the camera was… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
When you're starting on a series, the most important thing in the first episode, or even the first scene, is to very… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
As an actor, I do not restrict myself by saying it has to be like this only. What matters in the end… — Rubina Dilaik Copy Share Image
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
My criterion for accepting a role isn't based on what I would like to do. I try to consider what the audience… — Peter Cushing Copy Share Image
I have a problem with telling jokes about physics. Quite often the audience have no idea what you are talking about and,… — Robin Ince Copy Share Image
If you miss one class, you know it; if you miss two classes, your teacher knows it, and if you miss three… — Mathilde Kschessinska Copy Share Image
I think because I've been working in front of audiences for so many years, I'm able to take in the input, good… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I’m a feminist in the true sense of the word.… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
The entire time I was following the feelings experienced by children, so the feeling of not understanding what adults say was very… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status,… — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
Get into "the state:" Conquer fear by stopping thinking about yourself and instead, focusing 100 percent on how you can best serve… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I think the war movie genre is a very important genre in film. Film gives you a visceral experience of something that… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his… — Martin Bashir Copy Share Image
Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I bet any Sunday could be made as popular at church as Easter is if you made 'em fashion shows too. The… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
