Appearance Quote by Asghar Farhadi

I never look at twists as a way to trick the audience. Obviously, I think a good story has surprises and unexpected turns, and…

— Sam Esmail

It's very important that a film that intends to play tricks on the audience... has to play fair with the audience. For me, any…

— Christopher Nolan

I think once you do the unexpected, and you take the viewers to a position of discomfort about being able to rely on characters…

— Jed Mercurio

Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take…

— Damon Lindelof

With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you…

— Anonymous

For me, once the film is out, it belongs to the audience, and I have to be open to any reaction that comes from…

— Claudia Llosa

The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when…

— Annette Bening

At a certain point the audience shouldn't worry about catching every word and understanding every twist and turn, because at a certain point that's…

— David Cronenberg

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with…

— Conrad Hall

When I watch a film, I watch it as an audience instead of thinking as an actor or an intellectual. I see whether it…

— Sonakshi Sinha

I feel like movies should stick to a genre and give the audience what they want, and then surprise them with the unexpected, and…

— Paula Patton

I think most films are too predictable. They follow familiar patterns. I suppose audiences like to know where they stand but I like films…

— John Boorman