Able Quote by Mike Birbiglia

My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue.

— Steve Earle

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced…

— Ai Weiwei

It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try…

— Matthew Bourne

I can think of a handful of auditions where the director has literally said, "That is the opposite of what I think." But it's…

— Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Audiences I speak to are often openly hostile, and I know my arguments might fall on deaf ears with 99% of the audience.

— Douglas Murray

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to…

— Mandy Patinkin

On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know?

— Guy Pearce

It's much more fun to talk to an audience that includes a lot of people who disagree with me.

— Charles Murray

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

— Peter Morgan

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.

— Dwayne Johnson

I feel the best way to respect my audience is to not give them what they expect from me... 'cause it's fun that way.

— Jack Garratt

If you want an audience that genuinely sticks around, you have to listen to what their opinion is.

— Ana Kasparian