Audience Quote by David Cronenberg

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

I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against…

— Asghar Farhadi

Sometimes it's okay for an audience not to understand everything that's going on.

— Peter Morgan

You can fall into a trap, worrying too much about what the audience might think, rather than going from the inside out.

— Vik Sahay

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

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything…

— Orson Welles

I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

— Danny Boyle

In our show, we try to think about consequences, not about tricking the audience or hiding things to fool the audience.

— Peter Gould

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

— Martin Short

I think it's keeping a surprise element, so that the audience never gets ahead of you. I like to pull the rug out from…

— Jason Graae

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