“One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility.” GivingReasonResponsibilityAudiencePercentTheaterFiftyThings I Love Author:William Petersen
“Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert.” IfsResponsibilityAcceptingAudienceKingsExpectationsTraditionWeightEnormousConcertsTangibleAttendingCrimsonKing Crimson Author:Robert Fripp
“I usually go with roles that I find entertaining. But every once in a while, there comes along a film that has an important social message. As actors, we have a certain responsibility toward our audience.” ImportantFilmCertainActorsSocialResponsibilityRolesAudienceMessagesEntertaining Author:Boman Irani
“I didn't like what was on TV in terms of sitcomsit had nothing to do with the color of themI just didn't like any of them. I saw little kids, let's say 6 or 7 years old, white kids, black kids. And the way they were addressing the father or the mother, the writers had turned things around, so the little children were smarter than the parent or the caregiver. They were just not funny to me. I felt that it was manipulative and the audience was looking at something that had no responsibility to the family.” WayYearsChildrenLittlesKidsMotherFatherFeltParentBlackTermWhiteResponsibilityAudienceSawsColorTvsSmarterLittle KidSitcomManipulativeCaregivers Author:Bill Cosby
“Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs.” IfsThinkingNeedsWritingLeftResponsibilityAudienceDangerousResponseProfession Book:Conversations with Erica Jong Source: Conversations with Erica Jong
“It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly no such general proposition can be sustained. Quite the contrary.... The provocative nature of the communication does not make it any the less expression. Indeed, the whole theory of free expression contemplates that expression will in many circumstances be provocative and arouse hostility. The audience, just as the speaker, has an obligation to maintain physical restraint.” DoeSaidWholeResponsibilityAudienceRightsExpressionTheoryCommunicationCircumstancesIntegritySpeechContraryObligationInvitesSpeakersContemplatingRestraintPropositionsHostilityProvocativeRetaliationFree Expression Author:Thomas I. Emerson
“Every actor is alive because of his/her fans. I'm glad that my fans love me so much. I have an immense responsibility towards them. That's why I'm careful while signing a film. What is also important is to judge whether I would like to watch the film as an audience or not.” ImportantFilmActorsResponsibilityWatchesAudienceAliveFansJudgingCarefulGladImmenseSigning Author:Rani Mukerji
“An award means a lot to me. It brings happiness along with a kind of fear. It brings fear because the award is the responsibility which audiences have put on us. So a singer winning an award should always try to give best of him to the audiences.” GivingShouldTryingKindMeanWinningResponsibilityAudienceSingersAwards Author:Shreya Ghoshal
“My kids are my No. 1 priority. Theyre the light in my everyday life. The sunshine. The miracle. Those eyes. Those smiles. At the same time, I have an extended, amazing family that is my audience. All these people have been with me for such a long time. I have these two responsibilities.” PeopleLongHas BeensTwoLightEyeKidsResponsibilityAudienceLong TimeMiracleEverydayPrioritiesSunshineEveryday LifeAmazing Family Author:Thalia
“To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.” FeelsMeanTogetherPleasureResponsibilityAudienceEnjoymentDuets Author:Andrea Bocelli
“Im living as an artist, and thats a staggering feeling, its a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with so much freedom, Im determined to make something that is worth that. I feel this responsibility - to create something that makes an audience feel, which takes them somewhere. But thats very hard to achieve.” FeelsHardFeelingsArtistChanceResponsibilityAudienceAchieveDeterminedLuxuryStaggering Author:Conor McPherson
“The most stressful and difficult part of steering a large movie is that you are taking on the responsibility of communicating with a very wide audience. You can't ever hide behind the notion of, 'Okay, they just don't get it,' or, 'Certain people just don't get it.' You have to be mindful of the size of your audience, and you have to communicate in a way that lets them in.” PeopleWayCertainDifficultBehindsResponsibilityAudienceOkayNotionSizeCommunicateWideStressfulSteering Author:Christopher Nolan
“I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingHeartResponsibilityMusicAudienceHonestLiftsServantFollow Your HeartGreat Responsibility Author:Trey Anastasio
“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.” TryingHumansMatterCan DoResponsibilityMoralAudienceAgentsSignificanceCan 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 never think of my audience when I write a poem. I try to write out of whatever is haunting me; in order for a poem to feel authentic, I have to feel I'm treading on very dangerous ground, which can mean that the resulting revelations may prove hurtful to other people. The time for thinking about that kind of guilt or any collective sense of responsibility, however, occurs much later in the creative process, after the poem is finished.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWritingTryingKindMayMeanOrderProcessResponsibilityAudienceCreativeDangerousProveGuiltFinishedRevelationsCollectivesCreative ProcessHauntingHurtfulSense Of ResponsibilityTreading Author:Rita Dove