--- title: "1 Audience Wrong Quotes By Peter Stone" description: "1 Audience Wrong quotes by Peter Stone. Plus more from Peter Stone and more Audience Wrong sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/peter-stone-31642_assessment_you-listen-to-the-audience-the-audience_1491997.png" --- > [You listen to the audience. The audience is wrong individually and always right collectively. If they don't laugh, it isn't funny. If they cough, it isn't interesting. If they walk out, you are in trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/you-listen-to-the-audience-the-audience-is-wrong-individually-and/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/peter-stone-31642_assessment_you-listen-to-the-audience-the-audience_1491997.png) ## More by Peter Stone > [There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/there-are-two-kinds-of-actors-those-with-one-job-too-few-who-have-to/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all American Playwrights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/belonging-to-the-dramatists-guild-council-where-with-my-fellow/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/there-are-some-actresses-who-cannot-function-on-the-set-without/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/hollywood-is-a-cottage-industry-involving-a-very-small-number-of/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/at-early-previews-the-theater-gossips-are-there-wishing-you-ill-every/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/for-writers-that-rehearsal-period-is-death-it-is-the-most-destructive/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/musicals-are-written-and-then-rewritten-those-things-used-to-happen/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-one-useless-man-is-called-a/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/the-relationship-between-an-actress-and-her-director-is-often-a-very/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/when-talking-about-unicorns-minotaurs-or-compassionate-conservatives/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [You listen to the audience. The audience is wrong individually and always right collectively. If they don't laugh, it isn't funny. If they cough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/you-listen-to-the-audience-the-audience-is-wrong-individually-and/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [Disease, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair, but no, you sent us Congress! Good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/disease-a-simple-famine-plagues-of-locusts-everywhere-or-a/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [This is a revolution, damnit! We're going to have to offend somebody!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/this-is-a-revolution-damnit-we-re-going-to-have-to-offend-somebody/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [It seems to me that everybody who's a success has made a decision to put themselves in a situation that eats away at their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/it-seems-to-me-that-everybody-who-s-a-success-has-made-a-decision-to/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) > [“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/in-my-many-years-i-have-come-to-a-conclusion-that-one-useless-man-is/) [Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-wrong/peter-stone/#itemlist", "name": "1 Audience Wrong Quotes By Peter Stone", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You listen to the audience. 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