“The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular.” PeopleLittlesPlayShowsStuffBitsHoursChurchEmotionAudienceCryCoupleLittle BitAngelIntenseInteractionSecularTheatrical Author:Tom DeLonge
“[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.” IfsLooksWishAudienceLaughingAdviceCryTearsSeriousJudgingShedCasanova Author:Giacomo Casanova
“If you can get the audience to talk to the screen, I just thought that was so cool, and I wanted to do that. And I just leaned towards the scary and the thriller. I find it very emotional. I want to make emotional horror. If I can make you cry, than you have a full experience.” IfsWantI CanWantedAudienceCryEmotionalHorrorScaryScreensThrillersMake You Cry Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on stage, did my show, and then some guy in the audience threatened to kill me because he didn't like my joke. Instead of talking to him, I just ran off stage. And then, because I was late, the owner of the restaurant threatened to kill me. And I was 19 years old and so scared that I almost started crying. But, I've done every gig you can imagine, in every state.” YearsStatesDoneShowsGuyTalkingAudienceImagineStageCryCoupleLateJokesScaredRanRestaurantsOwnersBroadsItalianOne TimeThreatenedKill MeGigsBrooklynBad ExperiencesTalking To Him Author:Nick Swardson
“Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.” ThinkingFeelsMadeAudienceLaughingCryTheaterTheatre Book:Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“I get an audience personally involved in a song - because I'm involved myself. It's not something I do deliberately: I can't help myself. If the song is a lament at the loss of love, I get an ache in my gut. I feel the loss myself and I cry out the loneliness, the hurt and the pain that I feel.” IfsFeelsI CanHelpingPainSongHurtLossAudienceLonelinessCryInvolvedGutsAcheLamentLove Loss Author:Frank Sinatra
“Believe me, nothing is so calculated to lose you audience sympathy as too many tears. Move your listeners all you can but let them do the crying.” BelieveMovingActorsLosesAudienceCryTearsTheaterBelieve In MeListeners Book:Elephants Arrive at Half-past Five Source: Elephants Arrive at Half-past Five
“You look out into the audience and you see so much joy on people's faces. You make eye contact with people who are almost crying because they can't believe they're seeing the Rumours five back again, they can't believe their eyes. It's almost like a family reunion on stage, there's no angst, there's no animosity, there's just tremendous amount of friendship.” PeopleBelieveLooksEyeFacesJoyAudienceFiveSeeingStageCryAmountContactAngstBack AgainReunionAnimosityRumoursEye ContactFamily Reunion Author:Christine McVie
“I like to service the full audience of America, so I try to do things that are just real artistic, like when they don't have the most money, but it's a great piece of work. Then, there are big, fun comedies and big animated movies for kids. I want to do things for my nieces and nephews. Ultimately, we're trying to deliver something entertaining to an audience. As long as it can entertain the audience, and it makes me or my niece and nephew laugh or cry, then I think it's good.” ThinkingWantTryingLongRealBigsKidsAmericaFunAudienceLaughingComedyPiecesCryArtisticEntertainingAnimatedNephewNieceAnimated MoviesMy NieceNiece And Nephew Author:Queen Latifah
“I wanted to make a film that wasn't just a biography. When you watched it, you actually felt that you watched a movie, that you had an emotional reaction. In order to do that, I felt that I had to really keep myself emotionally raw while working on the film. I had to feel myself crying, so the audience could be moved, too.” FeelsWantedFilmOrderFeltAudienceCryEmotionalMovedReactionsBiographiesEmotional Reactions Author:Tamra Davis
“My personal feeling is that audiences are crying out for stories they can invest in and feel. I see a lot of big movies that leave me feeling rather numb.” FeelsStoriesFeelingsBigsAudienceCryLeaving MeNumbBig MoviePersonal Feelings Author:Emily Blunt
“If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.” IfsHappensAbleFilmDifficultAudienceCryEmotionalPortionsGet RealScreeningClockwork Author:Michael Pitt
“I never wanted there to be any moment in my movies when something would happen and the audience would cheer, like sometimes that happens in certain types of horror movies. I was never a fan of that, I wasn't looking for 'inventive' kills and I even hate that word because it's like, if you have these characters screaming or crying in pain I don't think anyone should be jumping out of their seat cheering. It should be horrible and you should feel sick watching it because that's what it is, sick.” IfsThinkingFeelsShouldSometimesMomentsCharacterHappensWantedPainCertainHateAudienceFansCryTypeHorrorSickHorribleSeatsCheerJumping Author:Rob Zombie
“I think, as an artist, whether you're making people laugh or cry or be frustrated or excited - the fact that you're generating some sort of emotion out of an audience is, to me, worth it.” PeopleThinkingFactsArtistEmotionAudienceLaughingCryExcitedFrustratedWorth ItMaking People Laugh Author:Elisha Cuthbert
“It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.” PeopleWantMatterCharacterStoriesHandsActionGoalWatchesAudienceLaughingSpecialEffectsCryComputerMemorableFilmmakerOver YouEntertainingAnimationMaking People LaughPuppetsGreat MusicGreat CharacterSpecial Effects Author:John Lasseter
“To sing is to praise God and the daffodils, and to praise God is to thank Him, in every note within my small range, and every color in the tones of my voice, with every look into the eyes of my audience, to thank Him. Thank you, God, for letting me be born, for giving me eyes to see the daffodils lean in the wind, all my brothers, all my sisters, for giving me ears to hear crying, legs to come running, hands to smooth damp hair, a voice to laugh with and to sing with...to sing to you and the daffodils.” GivingLooksHandsEyeRunningVoiceBornAudienceLaughingCryColorBrotherWindHairEarsPraiseNotesLegsRangeToneMy BrotherMy SisterSmoothDampPraise GodThank You GodDaffodil Book:DAYBREAK Source: DAYBREAK