Audience Quotes

I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.

Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.

The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.

Who doesn't love a 'Lifetime' movie? I think that they know their audience so well.

I know how to write stories that are accessible to younger readers, and sophisticated enough for older ones. I'm not a big fan of the all ages label, but I keep a wider audience in mind.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states.

Diverse audiences can be just as misled as homogenous audiences.

There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if you need a little more comedy or more drama.

I feel the audience has a right to know if some of the money they're spending is going to a certain cause, and reassuring them the money is going to where it's supposed to be going.

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member

I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.

I'm not even sure who my audience is.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

Prolonged statistics are a lethal dose, which if it does not kill will certainly dispel your audience.

The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.

Man, you can come see me six or seven times in a row and you'll never see the same show twice, because I don't like to be robotic onstage. I like to perform for that particular audience.

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a test screening because I seldom laugh, and if I do, it's not very loud. That doesn't mean I don't like the movie.

I want to show audiences I can act.

In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.

We don't present our voices to the audience, we resonate our souls.

Occasionally I'll just pull out a rifle and shoot one of my audience members. So far there have been no complaints filed.

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.

Know yourself -- and know your audience.

When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.

My progress reminded me of the horses in The Whip. They raced at the limit of their speed directly toward the audience. But they raced on a treadmill which canceled out their progress.

At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.

I don't write because there's an audience. I write because there is literature.

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.

I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.

I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.

In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

In the best-case scenario, the audience sees themselves in your shoes. The only way you can do that is if you try to play it as if it was happening to you.

When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.

It's one that still happens, actually... forgetting a part of a difficult piece. Usually, the chances of it happening are directly proportional to how quiet and attentive the audience is.

Awards mean nothing to comedians. What matters is the audience, how you're doing - artistically, for the most part - at that moment.

I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always seem to get people to sing with me.

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.

I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.

Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.