“Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.” KnowsWantLongLastsAudienceSticksEmsEntertainersGood MovieHostageWanting More Author:Simon Kinberg
“I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.” PeopleIfsWantI CanHappensCareCan DoAudienceHeardHonestVulnerableBeing HonestSomething NewCourageousPuppetsNew Experiences Author:Herbie Hancock
“You can't just decide to take the subject matter of The Bible and figure out you can just change what you want. I mean, the audience knows, and if you give them a Biblical story, you better get it right.” IfsKnowsWantGivingMeanMatterStoriesAudienceSubjectsFiguresWhat You WantBiblicalSubject Matter Author:Mark Burnett
“By and large, serious fiction was the work of victims who portrayed victims for an audience of victims who, it was oddly assumed, would want to see their lives realistically portrayed.” WantFictionAudienceSeriousVictim Book:Screening history Source: Screening history
“I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.” WantTryingMovingAudienceConvince Author:Andy Garcia
“Create a really interesting, complex person that you want to know more about, and take her on a journey that is rich and fulfilling and that has an end that is perfectly fulfilling, and that has an end that is perfect for that character, and the audience will love it.” KnowsWantPersonsEndsCharacterPerfectInterestingAudienceRichJourneyComplexesFulfillingReally Interesting Author:Frank Spotnitz
“The format's limitations are its strengths. We can't show you the monster, but why would we want to? Your imagination is a darker and scarier place than anything that can get generated on a computer. Asking the audience to use their imaginations makes it a much more personal and interactive experience.” WantUseShowsImaginationAudienceComputerAskingMonstersLimitationFormatInteractive Author:Glenn McQuaid
“When you have an audience that embraces you that much, you really want to give them your best. It becomes a really interactive experience instead of just playing a show to random people - there's a connection.” PeopleWantGivingShowsAudienceConnectionsEmbraceInteractive Author:Emily Kokal
“I really want the audience to place close attention to the movement, possibilities of movement, possibilities of trespassing boundaries and observe what's possible in different social settings, and different settings of class designation as well.” WantWellsDifferentSocialAttentionClassAudienceMovementPossibilityBoundariesSettingSettingsDesignationTrespassing Author:Todd Haynes
“The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. If you're a star and you've spent most of your career being able to take your pick of the litter, you notice when the offers start to diminish. You're too old to play leads, so you're offered the supporting role - but many stars don't want to make that transition. They see it as a sign of symbolic impotence. And that the audience will no longer regard them as a star. I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantPlayMightAbleStarsActingCareersRolesAudienceTruth IsOffersPicksRegardDetermineVarietyTransitionDiminishSymbolicImpotenceSupporting Roles Author:Dustin Hoffman
“Privacy is relational. It depends on the audience. You don't want your employer to know you're job hunting. You don't spill all about your love life to your mom or your kids. You don't tell trade secrets to your rivals.” KnowsWantKidsJobsSecretAudienceMomDependsTradePrivacyLove LifeHuntingEmployersRivalsSpillsYour Mom Author:Barton Gellman
“I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't care if people love my films or walk out, as long as they have a strong response.” PeopleIfsWantLongCareFilmStrongWalksAudienceResponseDon't CareStuckI Don't Care Author:Terry Gilliam
“On stage it's just a wild setting - we have a big screen - hecklers, I'm fighting. It's entertainment, but I want to pierce [the audience's] souls and have them think about what I have to say.” ThinkingWantSoulBigsFightingAudienceStageEntertainmentScreensSettingSettingsPierceBig ScreenHecklers Author:Mike Tyson
“You want to go to a place where you work every day, where you get to tell stories that look and feel like the audience in America that are watching. You're really limited, if you walk into a room and you can just tell stories about that. So, we've been really blessed.” IfsWantFeelsLooksStoriesAmericaWalksRoomsAudienceBlessed Author:Greg Berlanti
“I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.” WantFeelsTryingMomentsFilmAudienceFilmmakerWow Author:Michael Pitt