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title: "10 Audience Actually Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Audience Actually quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Audience Actually sayings and thoughts."
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> [Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/being-in-the-audience-actually-looks-like-quite-a-lot-of-fun/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/paul-mccartney-987_actually_being-in-the-audience-actually-looks-lik_2220585.png)

> [Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benny-goodman/some-of-the-overflow-audience-actually-sat-on-the-stage/)

[Benny Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benny-goodman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/benny-goodman-25411_actually_some-of-the-overflow-audience-actually-s_2031246.png)

> [I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-burke/i-don-t-get-stage-fright-i-actually-love-the-energy-i-love-the/)

[Brooke Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-burke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/brooke-burke-8150_adrenaline_i-don-t-get-stage-fright-i-actually-love_46535.jpg)

> [It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-cocker/it-s-interesting-as-i-said-on-the-last-tour-in-america-the-audience/)

[Joe Cocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-cocker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/joe-cocker-11508_america_it-s-interesting-as-i-said-on-the-last-t_1846540.png)

> [In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-stanton/in-storytelling-the-audience-actually-wants-to-work-for-their-meal/)

[Andrew Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-stanton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/andrew-stanton-12647_audience_in-storytelling-the-audience-actually-wa_634274.png)

> [I think a lot of audience members don't realize the part that they play in live theatre. The audience actually has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lachanze/i-think-a-lot-of-audience-members-don-t-realize-the-part-that-they/)

[LaChanze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lachanze/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/lachanze-13933_audience_i-think-a-lot-of-audience-members-don-t_2992660.jpg)

> [I'm not a natural story-teller. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'm fine, but stand me up in front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-m-not-a-natural-story-teller-put-a-keyboard-in-front-of-me-and-i-m/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/bill-bryson-340_audience_i-m-not-a-natural-story-teller-put-a-key_484959.png)

> [When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-beck/when-you-re-true-to-yourself-not-the-audience-that-reads-about-me-in/)

[Glenn Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/glenn-beck-872_audience_when-you-re-true-to-yourself-not-the-aud_2808410.png)

> [To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/to-some-degree-yeah-because-i-have-to-play-a-certain-number-of/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/archie-shepp-28951_audience_to-some-degree-yeah-because-i-have-to-pl_2354842.jpg)

> [People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/people-always-make-this-totally-artificial-distinction-between-what/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/douglas-adams-122_artificial_people-always-make-this-totally-artifici_24096.png)

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