“I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.” WantLongDifferentPlayFilmActorsHouseActingAudienceMaterialsTvsEmptySeriesIntentionTheatreDistinctionTv SeriesBlockbusterEmpty HousesMore The Merrier Author:Ian Mckellen
“The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, has never succeeded much in our small wisely-built chamber. To do any good you have got to get down to grips with the subject and in human touch with the audience.” HumansHouseAudienceDoorsSubjectsConversationSpeechBuiltEssenceFoundationFormalChamberConstituentsHouse Of Commons Book:Great Contemporaries Source: Great Contemporaries
“The demarcation between an art house film and an entertainer has blurred, only because a larger section of the audience has accepted such realistic films.” ArtFilmHouseAudienceAcceptedRealisticSectionsEntertainers Author:Arjun Rampal
“Lange was hosting a reception at Vogel House for the Chinese politician Hu Yao Bang when the lights went out. Lange immediately asked all the guests to raise their hands because "many hands make light work." The audience complied, and to their amazement the lights immediately came back on. Lange was invited to visit China.” HandsLightHouseAudiencePoliticianRaisesChinaChineseGuestsInvitedBangsAmazementReceptionMany Hands Author:David Lange
“I come out before an audience and maybe my house burned down an hour ago, maybe my husband stayed out all night, but I stand there. ... I got them with me, right there in my hand and comfortable. That's my job, to make them comfortable, because if they wanted to be nervous they could have stayed home and added up their bills.” IfsHomeHandsWantedJobsNightHouseHoursAudienceHusbandComfortableBillsNervousMy HusbandBurnedAll Night Author:Fanny Brice
“I've always thought of characters like advent calendars. You have Christmas and you have all the little doors over the windows and every day you're allowed to open one more as it gets towards Christmas and you see more and more about what's inside that house.I remember as a kid being fascinated by that and I've always thought of my character as a little bit like that. I like to have secrets and slowly let those secrets out to the audience, sometimes never let them out, but let them see as you open the shutters, open and see a little bit more of a character.” LittlesSometimesCharacterKidsRememberHouseBitsSecretAudienceDoorsLittle BitWindowFascinatedCalendarsAdventShutters Author:Jeremy Irons
“An ideal museum show would be a mating of Brideshead Revisited with House & Garden, provoking intense and pleasurable nostalgia for a past that none of its audience has had.” ShowsWould BePastHouseAudienceIdealsGardenNostalgiaIntenseMuseumsProvokingMatingBrideshead Revisited Author:Robert Hughes
“I love feeding off the audience, and to me, what's the point if you're not going to think of the fans. Anyone can play music in their house, but you put it out because you want interact with your fans. And, as an artist, you get so much from your fans.” IfsThinkingWantPlayArtistHouseAudienceFansFeeding Author:Dido Armstrong