“The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.” CharacterStoriesFunAudienceIntroducingFun Things Author:Damon Lindelof
“More than anything I want to get up there and hang out with the audience, make everybody feel like it's fun and they're involved and are just, like, friends hanging out in somebody's living room. I went to see Carole King on her 'Living Room' Tour, and that's the kind of feeling I'm aiming for.” WantFeelsKindFeelingsFunRoomsAudienceKingsInvolvedGet UpHanging OutLiving Room Author:Kate Voegele
“From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.” FactsAgeWantedYoungActorsFunWorryAudienceStageTheatreGet UpYoung Age Author:Olivia Williams
“The View' was so much fun. So much fun because the audience was 85-percent fans that wanted to be there celebrating 'One Life to Live' and the other 15 percent were crew members from 'One Life to Live'. It was just really, really wonderful and the clips were wonderful.” WantedFunViewsAudienceWonderfulFansMembersPercentCelebrateCrewClipOne Life To Live Author:Kassie DePaiva
“All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie.” FilmFunAudienceHorrorTerrified Author:Gina Philips
“There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.” PeopleShowsFacesFunEnjoyStepsAudienceMinutesStageAnxietyHaving Fun Author:Thalia
“I've always been more interested in the audience than I have in the plays. I like that idea of all those people sitting in the dark together. It's kind of fun.” PeopleKindIdeasPlayTogetherFunDarkAudienceSittingSitting In The Dark Author:Liev Schreiber
“First and foremost, I'd say my father, Bert Lahr ... gave me a love of theatre--its kinetic and emotional potential and its raffish backstage fun--and also set an artistic example of the importance of corrupting an audience with pleasure.” FirstsFatherFunPleasureAudienceExampleEmotionalImportanceTheatreArtistic Author:John Lahr
“The 60's has its own particular style and I think setting film in a period enables you to create your own reality that the audience can escape into and have fun, and in a way make it more real than it actually is.” ThinkingWayRealRealityFilmFunAudienceStyleParticularPeriodsSettingSettingsHaving Fun Author:Lionel Wigram
“Im attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.” WellsSeemsFunEnjoyChallengesInterestingAudience Author:Kevin Spacey
“The great thing about 'Weeds' is that everything we do is never quite serious enough to be taken seriously. It always has humor behind it, and it think it makes it definitely more fun for the audience.” ThinkingEnoughFunBehindsAudienceTakenSeriousGreat ThingsWeedNever Quit Author:Alexander Gould
“This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a highly unscientific experiment designed to gauge how little audiences will settle for these days. Manic and multicolored, "Speed Racer" is an excess of nothingness.” IfsLittlesFunWonderAudienceFilledSpeedExperimentsThese DaysSettlingExcessNothingnessManicJadedGaugesRacersCrassSpeed Racer Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“It looks better when you do your own stunts, because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.” LooksFacesFunAudienceSeeing Author:Adrianne Palicki
“I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.” FunForgetAudienceStageHaving FunNever Forget Author:Aaliyah
“It's much more fun to share and laugh at the bad times and the frustrations. I find you get a much deeper connection with the audience that way.” WayFunAudienceLaughingShareConnectionsDeeperFrustrationBad Times Author:Aziz Ansari
“As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.” FunEmotionAudienceSeeingMastersDirectorsUltimateJumpingPuppetsPuppet Master Author:Fede Alvarez
“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 think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingFilmFunEmotionAudienceMessagesCriticsGood TimesHaving A Good Time Author:Steve Martin
“Horror films are art, it's all make believe. It's great if a filmmaker can try to push boundaries and see how much an audience can take and see what happens. It's fun to be able to do that.” IfsTryingBelieveArtHappensAbleFilmFunAudienceHorrorBoundariesFilmmakerMake BelieveHorror Film Author:Tom Six
“My show is sort of a short-film anthology, and I'm able to tell little stories that don't necessarily carry a whole episode in terms of narrative. I like the audience not being sure what they're getting. I think it's more fun to watch something when you're discovering it as you go along.” ThinkingLittlesWholeStoriesShowsAbleFilmFunTermWatchesAudienceNarrativeDiscoveringEpisodesAnthologyShort Films Author:Louis C. K.
“Good genre movies are a little bit like trying to write a haiku. There are certain things that you have to do to fulfill the audience's expectations, but inside that, you have complete freedom to talk about whatever you want. Who wants to see a movie about gun violence in America and class? But, if you set it in this terrifying, fun, roller coaster ride of a movie, you can talk about whatever you want. That's been the game that genre movies play, when they do it well.” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsLittlesPlayAmericaCertainGamesFunBitsClassAudienceViolenceLittle BitExpectationsGunGenreHaikuRoller CoasterGun ViolenceCoastersComplete FreedomRoller Coaster Rides Author:Ethan Hawke
“If you have superheroes or characters that exist in the same world, and you're doing movies of them, wouldn't it be fun to put a couple of them together in one movie? Audiences love that. It's a natural thing to do that.” IfsWorldCharacterTogetherFunNaturalAudienceCoupleThings To DoSuperheroNatural Things Author:Stan Lee
“If you get too heavy with the nods and winks, people get a sense that they're excluded from something. If they're in screenings and everyone's laughing, and they don't know what the hell it's about, somehow you feel excluded from the party, or like you're not in the inner circle. As a performer, that's the worst thing you can do to an audience. It's fun, but you have to be very careful with it.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsFunCan DoPartyAudienceLaughingHellWorstLike YouCarefulHeavyCirclesPerformersWorst ThingsExcludedScreening Author:Hugh Jackman
“There's nothing better than being in a film that translates to audiences and makes people think and feel good and walk away with great revelations in their own life of some kind. But when the process and the experience and the fun of that matches, it's a good feeling.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindFeelingsFilmFunProcessWalksAudienceFeel GoodRevelationsTranslateGood Feeling Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“You turn the computer into the storyteller and the player into the audience, like in the old days when the storyteller would actually respond to the audience, rather than just having the audience respond to the storyteller. I had an enormous amount of fun, actually, working on that.” TurnsFunAudiencePlayerAmountComputerEnormousStorytellerOld Days Author:Douglas Adams
“There's a gratification that comes from performing in front of a live audience, and you can't replicate that with anything else. In the studio, the creation part of this business is fun. But, when you see the fans letting you know that they enjoy what you're doing, that's why I keep doing what I do.” KnowsFunEnjoyAudienceFansFrontsCreationStudiosPerformingGratificationReplicate Author:Trace Adkins
“You can look at what's happened to America in the last years and say a lot of people were asleep. A lot of people were not staying awake and watching what was going on and facing the pain of that and dealing with it.I don't care if the rest of the audience doesn't think along those lines at all, because the audience is a huge spectrum of people, from people who are introspective to people who just want to be scared and have fun, and all the points in between.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsLooksCarePainLastsAmericaFunLinesAudienceHappenedHugeScaredDon't CareI Don't CareHaving FunAwakeStayingLast YearSpectrumIntrospectiveDealing With It Author:Wes Craven
“I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not in a mean-spirited way, but in a fun way - and my attitude developed from there.” WayMeanAbleFunAttitudeTalkingCareersAudienceSuccessfulJokesAngryImpressionComedianAtmosphereMy AttitudeSpiritedMean Spirited Author:Don Rickles
“I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?” PeopleWayMotherLeftFunAudienceMissingInterviewsCousinMy Cousin Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I love having made a film and watching it when it affects audiences in a positive way. It was always fun for me to hide in the back of a theater and watch Tootsie with an audience and hear them laugh. And it's gratifying 20 years later to imagine that they still can find it amusing.” WayYearsMadeStillsFilmFunWatchesAudienceLaughingImagineTheaterImagine ThatAmusing Author:Sydney Pollack
“[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will have an editor, but their job is to help you clarify or improve your voice, not change it.” WritingBookHelpingJobsFunVoiceAudienceDirectConnectionsEditorsWriting A Book Author:Liz Tuccillo
“Being an opener is all about warming up the audience for the main band. That is always fun, pretty easy; there isn't a lot of pressure.” FunEasyAudienceBandPressureWarming Up Author:Tristan Prettyman
“When you go to a film festival as an audience member, it's so much fun. But when you bring your own film there, you carry so much stress and excitement.” FilmFunAudienceMembersStressExcitementFestivalsFilm Festivals Author:Mora Stephens
“I'm not really much of a genre guy. I think that audiences don't need that anymore where you just need a very specific genre. Audiences are very sophisticated, and as long as it's fun, it's okay and entertaining.” ThinkingNeedsLongGuyFunAudienceOkayGenreEntertainingSophisticated Author:Natalie Portman
“Having to stand in front of an audience and have it be your job to make them laugh, you can't really look to anyone but yourself. It's what you wrote, what you said and how you said it, so it's kind of terrifying, but I liked it. When it goes well, it's the best feeling in the world. When it doesn't go well, it's the worst feeling, but once you get into the rhythm of it, I think it's really fun.” ThinkingWorldWellsLooksKindSaidFeelingsJobsFunAudienceLaughingWorstFrontsRhythm Author:Aubrey Plaza
“In acting you do a lot of research. Audience watch Jet Li because of the fight. They watch other actors because they are funny. If they want funny, they don't want to see Jet Li, they watch the other guy. That's the reality I face, until the one day I can prove I can make film without action that is a fun movie. Then everybody will say Jet Li, hmmm.” IfsWantI CanRealityActionFilmFacesGuyFightingActorsFunActingWatchesAudienceOne DayProveResearchJetOther GuysHmmmFun Movie Author:Jet Li
“Gays are the best, though - we just did Gay Pride in Long Beach and in Tampa. And they're the best audience. They're so enthusiastic. They come dressed up - it's really fun. They're crazy and I love them. They're sweet as can be. Even my macho husband, he has a great time, too. He's so cool, he doesn't care. He loves them.” LongCareFunAudienceCrazySweetPrideGayHusbandBeachEnthusiasticGreat TimesDressed UpMachoGay PrideHe Doesn't CareLong BeachTampa Author:Pat Benatar
“I first discovered YouTube while browsing the web, and then I found people just talking into their cameras. I never even knew it was a thing you could do. William Sledd was my first YouTube obsession. He was so unapologetically himself, and just had fun talking to his audience about things that interested him. I thought - if he could do it, why couldn't I?” PeopleIfsFirstsFoundFunTalkingAudienceCamerasObsessionYoutubeHad FunBrowsing Author:Tyler Oakley
“Comedy, it's a way for me to keep my acting chops. It's like a free acting class, to get up in front of a live audience. You get to have fun telling stories.” WayStoriesFunActingClassAudienceComedyFrontsGet UpHaving FunTelling StoriesActing Classes Author:Gabrielle Dennis
“It's much more fun as an actor, as well. If everything is on the page and you're spoon-feeding an audience you feel like your job is merely to say the words clearly because the structure of the story will take care of itself.” IfsFeelsWellsStoriesCareJobsActorsFunAudienceLike YouPagesStructureTake CareFeedingSpoons Author:Tom Hughes
“I think there's something fun about television where, as an actor, when you read the script each week, it's like how the audience experiences watching the show each week.” ThinkingShowsActorsFunAudienceWeekTelevisionScripts Author:Matt Barr
“At the end of the day it is just a movie and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen.” IfsShouldEndsRememberFunAudienceShould HaveScreensHaving FunThe End Of The Day Author:Luke Bracey