“The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.” ArtistGrowthAudienceFineMental HealthCraftsCombinationExpandingMaintaining Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“My main goal as an actor, with my craft or whatever poncy way you want to say it, is to always take the audience with me. To make them feel for me, or to make them hate me, I want a reaction. I want their emotions. The worst reaction someone can have is, "eh."” WayWantFeelsHateActorsGoalEmotionAudienceWorstReactionsCraftsHate Me Author:Adelaide Kane
“Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.” IfsShouldWritingQualityAudienceHonestPrayingFactorsCraftsBeginnersReadership Book:There Was a Country: A Memoir Source: There Was a Country: A Memoir
“Sure there's a difference with puppet-craft - who cares? I don't care about the puppet-craft, I care about what works. Who cares about the puppet and craft? It's not about that. It's about compelling an audience, and touching an audience in some way.” WayCareDifferencesAudienceDon't CareCraftsI Don't CareTouchingCompellingI CareWho CaresPuppets Author:Frank Oz
“The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them ok, be sad now. Humor, you can add. Even to the last minute you can be adding little bits of humor. But the true earned emotion is something that you really have to craft.” NeedsBelieveLittlesLastsBitsEmotionAudienceMinutesLittle BitAddHardestCraftsHardest ThingAlways BelieveLast MinuteTrue Emotions Author:John Lasseter
“So I'm always inspired by my fellow actors. And that's kind of a constant for me. I have huge respect for our profession and our craft. And I seek in my work to create connections, first for me with the character and then the character with the other actors, and then ultimately, all of us together connecting with the audience in a way that sometimes is subliminal, even.” WayFirstsKindSometimesCharacterTogetherActorsAudienceHugeConnectionsFellowsConstantInspiredProfessionCraftsConnectingSubliminal Author:Glenn Close
“If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which independent filmmakers do, it is a very delicate craft, interpersonal relationship, and being able to enrapture a very small audience.” IfsAbleFilmDifferencesAudienceMagicIndependentCraftsFilmmakerDelicateInterpersonalInterpersonal Relationship Author:Guillermo del Toro
“Of all the awards, the Stand-up Comic Audience Award is our favorite. It is a chance to honor the performers who spend much of their careers developing their craft and working in the comedy clubs all over America.” AmericaChanceCareersAudienceComedyHonorClubsCraftsComicDevelopingAwardsPerformersComedy Clubs Author:George Schlatter
“The balance when you're catching people up, and the craft of what we do as actors, is to try to make sure that the exposition sounds like thought and dialogue, and a plan or a problem or something that is motivationally induced, rather than just telling the audience information.” PeopleTryingProblemActorsSoundAudiencePlansInformationBalanceDialogueCraftsCatching Author:Jack Coleman
“In comedy you feel you need to go back to the theatre every now and again, you feel you need to go back to an audience every now and again to see if you're still getting your craft right, making people laugh at the moments you think they should and that sort of thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFeelsShouldStillsMomentsAudienceLaughingComedyTheatreCraftsMaking People Laugh Author:Mathew Baynton
“Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound of the Choir can move and uplift and restore spirits like no other sound. Masters of their craft, each and every singer plays a vital role in helping maintain such a fantastic musical tradition. Long may the Choir prosper and continue to the delight of audiences around the world.” WorldMayLongPlayMomentsHelpingPastMovingJoySpiritSoundGriefRolesAudienceWonderfulMastersMembersTraditionMalesMusicalDelightSingersCraftsAround The WorldUpliftingFantasticCongratulationsChoirPast And Present Author:David Jason