“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.” PeopleTryingStoriesFoundInterestingAudienceGroupsNewsAll ThingsMtv Author:Tabitha Soren
“Many great writers address audiences who do not exist; to address passionately and sometimes with very great wisdom people who do not exist has this advantage - that there will always be a group of people who, seeing a man shouting apparently at somebody or other, and seeing nobody else in sight, will think it is they who are being addressed.” PeopleThinkingMenSometimesAudienceSeeingGroupsAdvantageSightAddressesShoutingGreat WritersGreat Wisdom Author:Wyndham Lewis
“Even as a child, I just leaned towards the scary. I remember seeing Halloween, for the first time. I snuck into the theater and was sitting there with a group of friends in the front row, and I turned back to look at the audience. They were screaming and interacting with the screen and were interacting with Jamie Lee Curtis as she walked through that horrible night. I just thought, "I want to do that."” WantFirstsLooksChildrenRememberNightAudienceSeeingGroupsFrontsSittingFirst TimeTheaterScaryScreensHorribleHalloweenInteractingJamieGroup Of Friends Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and yet ended up with an audience of avid admirers.” SelfArtistForgetAudienceGroupsFeetTaughtRecognitionClassroomOutsidersAdmirerAvidSelf Taught Author:Scott Kahn
“If there are some who talk the same language as myself, then why should I neglect their interests for the sake of some other group of people who are alien and remote? They have their own 'gods and idols' and we have nothing in common. ... If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money.” PeopleIfsWantShouldTryingMeanLanguageInterestCommonAcceptingAudienceGroupsPleaseTasteSakeAliensNeglectIdolsShould INo Respect Author:Andrei Tarkovsky
“An idea is only an idea if it causes unease, debate and reflection. By that standard, Thomas Homer-Dixon's concept of an 'ingenuity gap' is truly a new idea. I can think of no other new concept that so fully condenses all of the challenges we face as a human civilization than the 'ingenuity gap'. Homer-Dixon has found a way to unite all of our concerns about economics, war, population growth, complexity, etc. under a single heading. He is one of an elite group of academics who can write for a mass audience.” IfsThinkingWayWritingHumansI CanIdeasWarFacesFoundCausesGrowthChallengesAudienceGroupsCivilizationMassStandardsReflectionConceptsConcernEconomicsPopulationDebateComplexityEtcGapsElitesNew IdeasHeadingsIngenuityPopulation GrowthHuman CivilizationChallenges We Face Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“I love supporting emerging voices, and new writers and directors. I love engaging an audience in a way that doesn't have to involve me, personally, and yet still generates an experience for groups of people.” PeopleWayStillsVoiceAudienceGroupsDirectorsEngagingEmerging Author:Zachary Quinto
“I was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Bahrain. The first year I went pretty much by myself. Then I went with General [Richard] Myers, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The shows and audiences were amazing. You'll never get a better group of people.” PeopleYearsFirstsShowsAudienceGroupsIraqChiefsAfghanistanStaffJointsChief Of StaffBahrain Author:Robin Williams
“When you do 'Before Sunset,' you know while it's a limited audience, there was a very small group of people that love 'Before Sunrise.' You feel a certain pressure to make sure that you uphold a level of quality that has been a bar. You set a bar and you have to at least match it.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHas BeensCertainLevelsQualityAudienceGroupsPressureBarsSunsetSunriseSmall GroupsBefore SunsetBefore Sunrise Author:Ethan Hawke
“When you sit and watch the film with an audience, the focus groups and the cards and all of that is the less what you're worrying about. When you watch a film with an audience you see what is working and what's not working.” FilmWatchesWorryAudienceFocusGroupsCardsFocus Groups Author:Christopher McQuarrie
“I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people I know. I am writing for that small group. They are not necessarily going to be able to read it, but that's what I have in mind when I write.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWritingMindAbleAudienceGroupsChinaSmall Groups Author:Bei Dao
“It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to be part of the group, but this time he wants more from his friends. And without giving the story away, he finally gets something that he has been looking for when the mini sloths kidnap him and take him to their tribal area. He gets to be the Fire King and they worship him and there is an amazing scene with a "call and response" sequence in the style of Cab Callow [the legendary American jazz singer and band leader] between him and his audience.” WantGivingHas BeensStoriesWantedLastsLeaderAudienceFireGroupsStyleKingsSceneBandWorshipAreasJazzResponseSingersHanging OutSequenceBuddySlothLegendaryCab Author:John Leguizamo
“Smart brands never try to appeal to more than their audience group. Assuming you're audience is one of the segments that watches, it's your chance to galvanize this specific group, which is larger here than anywhere else, with a bold new idea that can re-magnetize the human/brand connection for a new year.” TryingYearsHumansIdeasChanceWatchesAudienceGroupsSmartConnectionsAssumingBrandsAppealsNew YearNew Ideas Author:Joshua Rogers