--- title: "1 Audience Thinking Quotes By Barry Levinson" description: "1 Audience Thinking quotes by Barry Levinson. Plus more from Barry Levinson and more Audience Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/barry-levinson-8421_action_if-you-test-iron-man-and-that-audience-d_607697.jpg" --- > [If you test Iron Man and that audience doesn't respond well, you can be damn sure that there is something wrong with the movie that you have to address. Because they're expecting a certain amount of action, right? They want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/if-you-test-iron-man-and-that-audience-doesn-t-respond-well-you-can/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/barry-levinson-8421_action_if-you-test-iron-man-and-that-audience-d_607697.jpg) ## More by Barry Levinson > [It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/it-s-those-moments-those-odd-moments-that-you-look-for-and-sometimes/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [Now, a lot of people didn't know him at all - it went through feeder funds, so they wouldn't even have known anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/now-a-lot-of-people-didn-t-know-him-at-all-it-went-through-feeder/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/you-don-t-always-have-to-have-the-ending-but-you-want-to-have-a/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [At the end of the day, you can't do a copy of somebody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/at-the-end-of-the-day-you-can-t-do-a-copy-of-somebody/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [I'm interested in the relationships of people. I'm interested in the darker moments within us. All those aspects of human behavior, I'm fascinated by.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/i-m-interested-in-the-relationships-of-people-i-m-interested-in-the/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [I've had a lot of movies that didn't get great numbers on test screening, but a lot of times the film was able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/i-ve-had-a-lot-of-movies-that-didn-t-get-great-numbers-on-test/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/you-have-a-movie-and-it-proves-itself-and-then-certain-things-happen/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/i-think-certain-movies-work-and-that-is-part-of-the-magic-of-it-all/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [Creative differences are legendary in this movie business, so we're really not exploring the creative-difference aspect as opposed to the money aspect, or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/creative-differences-are-legendary-in-this-movie-business-so-we-re/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/apparently-nobody-really-read-it-it-was-a-cheap-movie-it-fit-their/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on that level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/i-play-around-with-human-things-human-relationships-and-that-and/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [You have to do a version of somebody that's the essence of Paterno. I think that's what Al is so great at. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/you-have-to-do-a-version-of-somebody-that-s-the-essence-of-paterno-i/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [How do I make the son, daughter, wife of Paterno interesting? Then you just have to start seeing people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/how-do-i-make-the-son-daughter-wife-of-paterno-interesting-then-you/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason - not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/studios-just-sometimes-make-decisions-on-their-own-that-you-re-always/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) > [We excuse movies like 'Independence Day' that really lack logic and say, 'It doesn't make any sense, but it's a ride.' I thought a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/we-excuse-movies-like-independence-day-that-really-lack-logic-and-say/) [Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-thinking/barry-levinson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Audience Thinking Quotes By Barry Levinson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you test Iron Man and that audience doesn't respond well, you can be damn sure that there is something wrong with the movie that you have to address. Because they're expecting a certain amount of action, right? They want a hero. There are certain things that have to be compatible with the way the audience is thinking about it. 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