“Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.” PhilosophyAudienceMassCrowdsAcquire Book:The Art of Life Source: The Art of Life
“The philosophy has always been pretty clean and straightforward, which is that if I see something that I like and I can see it's value to the audience and it's value to me then I'm going to take my shot at it regardless at the genre.” IfsI CanPhilosophyValuesAudienceShotsCleanGenreStraightforward Author:Dwayne Johnson
“The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want to be taught any lessons. [...] I get more letters for Twelve Chairs and Life Stinks than I get from any other movies, because people actually agree with the philosophy, or were moved, or they love the movie.” PeopleWantPhilosophyNamesAudienceTaughtLessonsLettersAgreeMovedChairsTwelveWant SomethingBrooksStink Author:Mel Brooks