Audience Quotes · Page 113

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story…

— John Lasseter

It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.

— Walter Jon Williams

Make your goal to do a tremendous amount to improve your audience's lives.

— Tony Robbins

When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you…

— Rokia Traore

“searching, revealing nothing. A few heads in the audience turn to me, wondering who could possibly have upset the equilibrium of the”

— Greg Iles

Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

— Cate Blanchett

I often ask people in the audience what their favourite cheese is. Anything less than Gruyere and they're just not middle class!

— Joe Lycett

Breaking expectations, even as an audience member, is something that I have enjoyed.

— Shruti Haasan

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will…

— Tom Stoppard

I've done 'Letterman' twice and he was friendly, he said hello as he was shaking your hand and in front of the…

— Jim Norton

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get…

— Janis Joplin

All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief…

— Mary McCarthy

I love New York audiences, because they're used to going to shows, and you really notice it. They laugh and applaud and…

— Courtney Act

It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance…

— Lillian Gish

A lot of people are very interested that a Korean director has made a western. But when I look at the reactions…

— Kim Ji-woon

I put a lot of time and thought into my work, which I see as a sort of respect for both the…

— Patricia Piccinini

Cinema and theater - it's apples and oranges. You can't really beat movies. Yeah, when you're on an Oliver Stone set everybody…

— John Buffalo Mailer

For Scary Movie 2, we had a due date and had to work fast. And though there's a lot of pressure, as…

— Shawn Wayans

There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what…

— Roger Scruton

The guys on 'Game of Thrones' trust me implicitly to take care of the action stuff. I don't mess with their drama,…

— Neil Marshall

I always think that the difference between film and theater is like the difference between masturbation and making love. Because, in film,…

— Susan Sarandon

By now, the corporations that dominate our media, like alcoholic fat cats, treat this situation as theirs by right... Their concept of…

— Ben Bagdikian

Police/gangster films always have a huge following and huge audience because of the power, glamour, and certain fantasy aspect they have to…

— Donnie Yen

Im living as an artist, and thats a staggering feeling, its a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with…

— Conor McPherson

Israel's a small country but both the audience and programme-makers are very sophisticated.

— Gideon Raff

Music is a conversation between the audience and me, and I love that about my profession.

— Dianne Reeves

I always say to audiences of men: "Cooperation beats submission. Trust me."

— Gloria Steinem

In the many times I have seen Hillary [Clinton] speak, she never fails to dazzle audiences by speaking in paragraphs, without notes.

— Gail Sheehy

When you're bored, it doesn't necessarily mean the audience is bored.

— Ant McPartlin

Is it perfect? Absolutely not! But there was an audience for 'Wicked,' and our producers were smart enough to reach that audience.

— Joe Mantello

I've got a core audience, so regardless of what I put out, I can sell 100,000 records on an independent.

— Too Short

The man who tries to be funny is lost. To lose one's naturalness is always to lose the sympathy of your audience.

— Harold Lloyd

I always break three or four guitar strings per show and fling them at the audience.

— Eddie Rabbitt

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.

— Catherine Hicks

Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling.

— May-Britt Moser

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

— John Cassavetes

When I give this talk to a physics audience, I remove the quotes from my 'Theorem'.

— Brian Greene

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

— Wes Anderson

If you're at the Comedy Store or the Laugh Factory or the Improv, even two minutes helps. You never know who might…

— Tony Rock

Even though you're in charge you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show.

— Larry Wilmore