Application Quote by Rebecca West

I've always worked toward, and felt comfortable with, you know, pausing and guiding the audience on a longer bit.

— Tom Segura

Not an audience but a habit.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

The audience plays a huge part in how a piece will actually form. They really allow the performers to walk a tightrope in a…

— Evelyn Glennie

I have to put myself back in the audience's shoes and figure out what they would know and not know. But, there are also…

— Joseph Trapanese

That's basically all my act is - it's just listening all the time and watching for what people do with their hands and so…

— Peter Kay

When you give a lecture you have to really command the audience and you have to keep everyone entertained.

— Florence And The Machine

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

— Anna Held

I have a lot of maneuvers in my back pocket, so to speak. And to me, the thing is to always surprise the audience…

— Cesaro

People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'

— Marian Seldes

One's concentration as a performer must remain centered on the action of which one is a part. For it is in truth only one's…

— Rick Dees

With a time-based medium like theater or film, you can't have the audience getting restless in their seats. They're stuck there on their bums;…

— Emma Donoghue

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr