“I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.” PeopleWayFeelsJobsFeltAudienceSawsDirectorsToughSurpriseFighterPrincessAmyTough Women Author:David O. Russell
“It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.” KnowsStoriesJobsAudienceToughBleak Author:Walter Jon Williams
“I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.” PeopleThinkingWantAudienceFireToughHandleCandidatesTough Questions Author:Jack Kemp
“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.” PeopleLittlesAudienceEasierToughBoring Author:Barney Frank
“It was tough doing 'Underneath the Lintel' in New Jersey in the wintertime, but rewarding. Those audiences were lively and interactive. On-stage was great, but off-stage was difficult.” DifficultAudienceStageToughJerseyLivelyNew JerseyInteractiveWintertime Author:Richard Schiff
“When I'm scared - and I'm always scared when I have to face an audience, when I have to read a review, when I publish a book...then, I think of my grandfather. My grandfather was this strong, tough Basque who would never bend....What would he do? Well, he would go ahead, close his eyes, and drive forward. You do it and the spirit that is within you....is there.” ThinkingWellsBookEyeFacesSpiritStrongAudienceToughScaredHis EyesReviewsWithin YouGrandfatherPublishMy GrandfatherBasques Author:Isabel Allende