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title: "11 Work Audience Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Work Audience quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Work Audience sayings and thoughts."
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> [I work to please my audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lee-lewis/i-work-to-please-my-audience/)

[Jerry Lee Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-lee-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/jerry-lee-lewis-22522_audience_i-work-to-please-my-audience-750392_750392.jpg)

> [It's cool that people like what I do, but I don't work for the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jhonen-vasquez/it-s-cool-that-people-like-what-i-do-but-i-don-t-work-for-the-audience/)

[Jhonen Vasquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jhonen-vasquez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/jhonen-vasquez-9441_audience_it-s-cool-that-people-like-what-i-do-but_2498779.png)

> [If you do a brilliant work and if the audience don't like it, what's the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-massey/if-you-do-a-brilliant-work-and-if-the-audience-don-t-like-it-what-s/)

[Vikrant Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-massey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/vikrant-massey-6330_audience_if-you-do-a-brilliant-work-and-if-the-au_1924666.jpg)

> [It's not enough that you act in a movie - if it has to work, the audience should like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohanlal/it-s-not-enough-that-you-act-in-a-movie-if-it-has-to-work-the/)

[Mohanlal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohanlal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/mohanlal-5702_audience_it-s-not-enough-that-you-act-in-a-movie_372924.jpg)

> [I never work with an audience - I can't do this. The process depends on the highest degree of nervous concentration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-auerbach/i-never-work-with-an-audience-i-can-t-do-this-the-process-depends-on/)

[Frank Auerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-auerbach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/frank-auerbach-32638_audience_i-never-work-with-an-audience-i-can-t-do_3077845.jpg)

> [Well, I'm just very blessed that I still love my work and I can still work, I still have an audience and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/well-i-m-just-very-blessed-that-i-still-love-my-work-and-i-can-still/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/emmylou-harris-7038_audience_well-i-m-just-very-blessed-that-i-still_758585.png)

> [You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/you-always-try-to-work-for-your-audience-to-entertain-them-but-that/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/phillip-noyce-31486_audience_you-always-try-to-work-for-your-audience_3040479.png)

> [When I wasn't wrestling, I was always at the circus or at a show watching all these people - 'how do they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-regal/when-i-wasn-t-wrestling-i-was-always-at-the-circus-or-at-a-show/)

[William Regal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-regal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/william-regal-6872_always_when-i-wasn-t-wrestling-i-was-always-at_331925.jpg)

> [The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-owen/the-bowery-was-a-place-that-would-let-us-do-original-songs-not-just/)

[Randy Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-owen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/randy-owen-42763_audience_the-bowery-was-a-place-that-would-let-us_2651571.jpg)

> [I'm working for myself; what else have I got to work for? How can you work for an audience? What do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-m-working-for-myself-what-else-have-i-got-to-work-for-how-can-you/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/francis-bacon-297_able_i-m-working-for-myself-what-else-have-i_620520.jpg)

> [Doing this web show - people underestimate what it takes to do a web show successfully. They underestimate the amount of work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felicia-day/doing-this-web-show-people-underestimate-what-it-takes-to-do-a-web/)

[Felicia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felicia-day/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/felicia-day-4103_audience_doing-this-web-show-people-underestimate_3104899.png)

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