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“To captivate our varied and worldwide audience of all ages, the nature and treatment of the fairy tale, the legend, the myth have to be elementary, simple. Good and evil, the antagonists of all great drama in some guise, must be believably personalized. The moral ideals common to all humanity must be upheld. The victories must not be too easy. Strife to test valor is still and will always be the basic ingredient of the animated tale, as of all screen entertainments.”

“I dislike The Exorcist, and I found it a warning sign of the dangers in a furious cinematic talent putting the audience through it (a Hitchcock phrase) without purpose, or without the nagging moral anxiety that activated Hitch. You see, I don't think William Friedkin believes in the Devil, or cares about him. I think he found exorcism a pretext for a gross-out and he calculated there was an audience for it, or a crowd ready to be challenged. Maybe I'm too much of an atheist to stand religion being so thrashed.”

“In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and its up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character.”

Way Character Moral Audience Breathe Stamps

Author:Aden Young

“I don't approve of censorship. I like the French theatre idea. Put on the play, and if the audience doesn't care for it, or feels offended by it, they rip up the seats.”

Ifs Feels Ideas Play Care Moral Audience Theatre Manners Seats Censorship Offended Rip

Author:John Huston

“I think that both Luca [ Guadagnino]and I have a kind of resistance to the idea of a film holding a moral message because that would exclude so many people from feeling that it was their film and it's important for a piece of work to feel owned by every member of the audience.”

People Thinking Feels Kind Important Ideas Feelings Film Moral Audience Pieces Members Messages Resistance

Author:Tilda Swinton

“The important thing is to be able to understand anyone who has something useful to say. - There is a general moral here. Be very careful and very clear about what you say. But do not be dogmatic about your own language. Be prepared to express any careful thought in the language your audience will understand. And be prepared to learn from someone who talks a language with which you are not familiar.”

Important Able Language Moral Audience Clear Important Things Prepared Careful Familiar Be Prepared Dogmatic

Book:An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic Desk Examination Edition

Source: An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic Desk Examination Edition

“The problem with a lot of movies when it comes to race is that they want to be moral, and they want to make the audience feel good about something that a lot of people don't feel good about.”

People Want Feels Problem Race Moral Audience Feel Good

Author:Wesley Morris

“The responsibility of the writer as a moral agent is to try to bring the truth about matters of human significance to an audience that can do something about them.”

Trying Humans Matter Can Do Responsibility Moral Audience Agents Significance Can Do Something

Book:Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

Source: Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

“I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best.”

Ifs Thinking Way Real Moral Audience Stupid Smart Crap Real Things Not Stupid

Author:Michael Pitt