Beyond a narrow, elite audience, there is a pervasive sense from the side of the public that much contemporary art fails to… — John Walford Copy Share Image
There was one tour where I thought, "If I can't get this feeling back of being excited to be on the stage,… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I think the inspiration came from the fans. Whenever I'm online or whenever I get a chance to really communicate with the… — Deborah Cox Copy Share Image
My goal is that after seeing 'Grand Canyon,' every person in the audience will go home knowing they have to conserve water:… — Greg MacGillivray Copy Share Image
Our shows are packed with laughter and light-hearted songs to lift the listener from their everyday life. We encourage the audience to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I'm on set, I don't really think about what an audience is going to think about a scene. I'm just thinking… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I think kids, in general as an audience, are the way forward because they're not sort of sullied by intellectual expectation or… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
Many faculty retreated into academic specializations and an arcane language that made them irrelevant to the task of defending the university as… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It's really a trade-off: you're always having to decide whether you're going to say the more ambitious thing, and lose a little… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
When I write, I keep the family audience in mind. I ensure there's no vulgarity, as families are coming into the theatres,… — Rohit Shetty Copy Share Image
I'm just glad that I'm the musical equivalent of a character actress, because blues singers can keep singing and having an audience… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
What I have found is, so much of that is like a Chinese finger trap: the more you play to the dark,… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
With 'Good Will Hunting,' Miramax made certain the recruited audience wasn't expecting to laugh at Robin Williams like they normally do. From… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In most audience-participation shows, the participant is so clearly not a part of what's going on that it's the fish-out-of-water aspect that… — James Lapine Copy Share Image
I've passed on a lot of huge-money jobs. Money doesn't enter into the decision-making. If I do a big blockbuster, it's about… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Performing is always my biggest rush. The energy is boundless from a great crowd. I truly believe in energy as a force… — Matt Sorum Copy Share Image
There always comes a point beyond which lying becomes counterproductive. This point is reached when the audience to which the lies are… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
It always takes two. There's the speaker and the listener, you and the audience. You've worked long hours and it comes down… — Gillian Murphy Copy Share Image
When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I'm honored that other comedians like what I do. That means the world to me. But at the same time when I'm… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Playing in front of an audience was just such a turn-on for me, and you have 200 people in the audience and… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
Playing music in front of thousands of people never bothered me. It was only when I started putting on magic shows in… — David Lovering Copy Share Image
The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to… — Conrad Hall Copy Share Image
You wouldn't have thought Paul Heyman and CM Punk would have been so effective with the WWE Title, but we were because… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
I have three best friends in this world. What's surprising is that they also happen to be your (audience) three best friends.… — Kishore Kumar Copy Share Image
Performing on stage is my first love - it's why I wanted to be an actor in the first place - and… — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
As an audience member, everyone I talk to is like, 'I'm so excited to see 'Super 8.' I'm so excited to see… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
I don't feel I'm fighting to reach this huge audience; it just happens. I go on stage before the audience arrives and… — Danielle de Niese Copy Share Image
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like.… — Jim Dale Copy Share Image
I'm taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. If you stop taking risks, then you… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
A director should not define everything. For me, the movie is a form of a question I pose to the others or… — Kim Ki-duk Copy Share Image
