Audience Quotes · Page 325

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That…

— David Steinberg

“Presenting is not simply about aesthetics or making things pretty; it’s about creating meaning. It’s about being present. I need to ensure…

— Rick Justice

For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose…

— Rick Riordan

I feel like, when the audience connects with something, they enjoy the experience so much that they want other people to go…

— Brit Marling

A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of…

— Nat Hentoff

I had seen 'Do the Right Thing' when I was at college, and it was incredibly inspiring as a piece of cinema.…

— Justin Chadwick

Gays are the best, though - we just did Gay Pride in Long Beach and in Tampa. And they're the best audience.…

— Pat Benatar

Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being…

— Brett Somers

I find that, rather than the cities, I'm very lucky because the audiences that come and see me are very, generally speaking,…

— Colin Hay

I just wanted to write songs that would be amazing live, to interact with the audience.

— Chappell Roan

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.

— Richard Marx

I never work with an audience - I can't do this. The process depends on the highest degree of nervous concentration.

— Frank Auerbach

If your work is really successful, it should attract the audience to you beyond just the premier.

— Poonam Dhillon

I turn down about 85 per cent of sponsorship deals, because if it's a product like toilet cleaner, why would my audience care?

— Joe Sugg

It seems to me that dominant cinema seems to require an empathy or a sympathy between the film and the audience which…

— Peter Greenaway

As long asthe audience or the public perceives you to be sincere in your approach and not petty, they will think it's…

— Roger Ailes

To be quite honest, numbers don't tell you everything because audience reactions differ. Some of the biggest films at the box office…

— Aamir Khan

The audience is the source of the energy that I project back to them.

— Blixa Bargeld

A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.

— Buddy Hackett

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

It often occurs to me that if, against all odds, there is a judgmental God and heaven, it will come to pass…

— Anonymous

I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.

— Brett Gelman

A story has to have several layers to sustain audience interest in each episode.

— Amala Akkineni

Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to…

— Chris Albrecht

When you're on stage performing stand-up, things only happen one time. I've done bits where I improv a joke, and people are…

— J. B. Smoove