“I personally have more faith than the average writer in people's willingness to be complicated, and so I'm thrilled by what's happened. I'm elated at audiences' willingness to handle complexity. In some sense, I feel like my belief in what people are capable of is being validated.” PeopleFeelsBeliefAudienceHappenedCapableAverageComplicatedHandleComplexityWillingness Author:Michael Loceff
“People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.” PeopleWantGivingLongAttentionAudienceTvsSeriesComplicatedPlotAttention SpanReally LongTv Series Author:Kevin Spacey
“The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on a banana peel and falling on your ass. You got to move the audience a little further ahead in terms of their appreciation of what is comedy. It's complicated.” KnowsLittlesMovingFallTermCommonAudienceComedyBraveAppreciationComplicatedAssLowestBe BraveBananasSlippingCommon DenominatorLowest Common Denominator Author:Mel Brooks
“When I look at my audience, I can tell better who's in the crowd and the kind of joke I shouldn't do. It's just complicated. I guess I sift through to make sure these jokes are a little different with not such a harsh edge to them. That's pretty much how I handle the crowd.” LooksKindLittlesI CanDifferentAudienceJokesEdgesCrowdsComplicatedHandleHarsh Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“I test the movies a lot, and if the audience says they love the movie, we know we're on the right track. And if they tell me they hate it, I try to figure out what I've done wrong. But every time out, the audience wants me to go deeper, they want to know more about the characters, and they don't want these movies to be shallow. So they really urge me to tell them a complicated story, and then when I do so, they're thrilled” IfsKnowsWantTryingDoneCharacterStoriesHateAudienceFiguresTestsTrackDeeperComplicatedUrgesWant MeShallowRight Track Author:Judd Apatow
“I think that if you make something that's relatable then people will attach themselves to it. You can express it in a lot of different ways but I feel like as long as you are consistent and fair with the audience they'll engage irrespective of how they self-identify. I think it just gets too complicated to track all those differences between demographics.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsLongDifferentSelfDifferencesAudienceFairsTrackComplicatedDifferent WaysConsistentRelatableDemographics Author:Marc Webb