“Having to stand in front of an audience and have it be your job to make them laugh, you can't really look to anyone but yourself. It's what you wrote, what you said and how you said it, so it's kind of terrifying, but I liked it. When it goes well, it's the best feeling in the world. When it doesn't go well, it's the worst feeling, but once you get into the rhythm of it, I think it's really fun.” ThinkingWorldWellsLooksKindSaidFeelingsJobsFunAudienceLaughingWorstFrontsRhythm Author:Aubrey Plaza
“In the first Chucky film, there's a scene in the elevator where a woman is just bringing food to a friend's home and they're in that cage elevator. She says, 'What an ugly doll,' and walks away. As the elevator begins to descend, Brad just decides he's going to drop this in and it was so simple but he just goes 'F*&k you,' and the audience went crazy. It was really a marker for us, and an evolution to understand what the potential of not just this killer, but this guy that obviously has some opinions as well.” FirstsWellsHomeFilmGuySimpleWalksOpinionAudienceCrazyEvolutionSceneUglyKillersCagesThis GuyDollsElevatorsBradMarkers Author:David Kirschner
“I hear actresses talking about this all the time - this idea that you sit in meetings and the studio says, "Well, you can't do that because the audience won't like that. They won't root for you. It's not sympathetic." I think that we've been served this one dish for so long that we believe that it's all that audiences want, but when we test them or throw something out there that has some truth to it, they seem to always respond.” ThinkingWantBelieveWellsLongIdeasSeemsTalkingAudienceRootsTestsMeetingsStudiosActressesDishesSympathetic Author:Kristen Stewart
“When you're doing those operation scenes, you not only have to be on top of the dialogue and the rhythm of the dialogue and what's happening dramatically, but you've got to technically get the rhythm right, so that everything is fitting with the dialogue at the right time. And you're performing the operation to the audience that's watching it. Thackery has to present it, as well. In some ways, that's the most challenging.” WayWellsChallengesAudienceSceneHappeningsDialogueRhythmOperationsPerformingRight TimeFitting Author:Clive Owen
“We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock that the troops must have felt that their monarch - and a female monarch - went to the frontline of battle and was prepared to lay down her life. This speech is so well known and has been done in virtually every version of the events of Elizabeth's life.” TryingWellsHas BeensDoneFeltKnownWonderAudienceEventsBattleSpeechFemaleLaysPreparedVersionsAweShockTroopsWell KnownMonarchsFrontline Author:Cate Blanchett
“I would hope with all my heart that people understand this and see it in the film. And there are also other messages in Happy Feet, like racial and environmental ones, but none of them are so overt. George has made a great story about penguins with a lot of humanity in it and audiences can follow a species we don't know that well.” PeopleKnowsWellsHeartMadeStoriesFilmHumanityAudienceFeetMy HeartMessagesSpeciesEnvironmentalPenguinsHappy Feet Author:Brittany Murphy
“Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those-in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed. Suffer them if you can't escape them, but once you have steered clear of them, give them the shortest shrift possible. Above all, try to avoid telling stories about the unjust treatment you received at their hands; avoid it no matter how receptive your audience may be. Tales of this sort extend the existence of your antagonists.” IfsGivingTryingWellsMaySelfMatterStoriesHandsSufferingPayExistenceAttentionAudienceClearCapacityTalesMiserablePay AttentionOfficialsTreatmentUnjustTelling StoriesReceptiveAntagonist Author:Joseph Brodsky
“When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few pieces of street art and photograph them really well, even if their locations weren't actually that high-profile or dangerous, with the level of exposure they get from the Internet, with a large audience, they can maintain that rebel cache by having it be theoretically documented street art.” PeopleIfsWorldWellsArtRealizingLevelsAudiencePiecesStreetsDangerousInternetPhotographRebelLocationExposureProfileArt WorldHigh ProfileStreet ArtCache Author:Shepard Fairey
“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
“I think that even though The German Doctor (Wakolda) is placed in a historical context , it is a very intimate story. The film has been extremely well received around the world. It keeps on going around, opening in different markets, and connecting with the audience. In Argentina it was seen by over 450, 000 spectators, which is way more than anything we could have imagined.” ThinkingWorldWayWellsHas BeensDifferentStoriesFilmAudienceDoctorsHistoricalOpeningAround The WorldIntimateConnectingSpectatorsArgentinaHistorical Context Author:Lucia Puenzo
“TV is a different animal. It's not a club set. As you said, you do short sets on TV - about five minutes. So you have to get that rhythm down and also be aware of the camera so you're connecting with the viewers at home as well as the studio audience. It's a different muscle to develop.” WellsSaidDifferentHomeAnimalAudienceFiveMinutesTvsDown AndCamerasClubsStudiosRhythmMusclesViewersConnectingFive MinutesDifferent Animals Author:Ted Alexandro
“The thing that's important for me to focus on is the balancing of the tension between satisfying myself and satisfying an audience, and making something that I think is good and funny, worthwhile, small-"i" important, versus something that's going to do well.” ThinkingWellsImportantAudienceFocusTensionSatisfyingWorthwhileVersus Author:Andy Richter
“I would love to play a main character and then play different characters as well. I would want for it to be a sitcom, multicamera, audience - that's definitely a dream. It's in the works, so... it's closer than everybody thinks it is.” ThinkingWantWellsDifferentPlayCharacterDreamAudienceSitcomDifferent CharactersMain Characters Author:Brandy Norwood
“I've experienced plenty of times when something I think is funny doesn't do very well. And there are times when something I don't think is funny makes the audience laugh so hard.” ThinkingWellsHardAudienceLaughingPlenty Author:Carrot Top
“Usually it's just material that resonates with me and I never know exactly what that's gonna be. And there's obviously a certain persuasion, if you will. It's dependent upon the fact that I'm known for certain genres. So, that influences my decision making as well. I mean I'd love to, for example, do an action thriller but there are a lot of very talented people doing that and so it would be very difficult for me to switch over to that genre. So, I do look for things that I know (will resonate with) my audience.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsLooksMeanFactsWould BeActionCertainDifficultDecisionKnownAudienceInfluenceExampleMaterialsGenreDependentDecision MakingPersuasionThrillers Author:Michael Landon, Jr.
“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
“It's much more fun as an actor, as well. If everything is on the page and you're spoon-feeding an audience you feel like your job is merely to say the words clearly because the structure of the story will take care of itself.” IfsFeelsWellsStoriesCareJobsActorsFunAudienceLike YouPagesStructureTake CareFeedingSpoons Author:Tom Hughes
“What magicians we are, turning darkness into light, transforming invisible atoms into dazzling theater of the world, pulling objects, (people as well as rabbits) out of secret microscopic closets, turning winter into summer, making a palmful of moments disappear through time's trap door. We learned the methods so long ago that they're unconscious, and we've hypnotized ourselves into believing that we're the audience, so I wonder where we served our apprenticeship. Under what master magicians did we learn to form reality so smoothly that we forgot to tell ourselves the secret?” PeopleWorldBelieveWellsLongMomentsRealityLightFormSecretWonderDarknessAudienceDoorsObjectsMastersSummerTheaterMethodWinterDisappearInvisibleUnconsciousAtomsLong AgoTrapsPullingClosetsMagicianRabbitsTransformingDazzlingApprenticeship Author:Jane Roberts
“I'd never assume an audience was anything but totally receptive and perfect. Seriously, it seems to me that's the only circumstance you can work under. Otherwise, speaking for myself, you may as well be in the advertising business.” WellsMaySeemsPerfectAudienceCircumstancesAssumingAdvertisingReceptiveAdvertising BusinessNever Assume Author:Tom Verlaine
“One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I've always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.” WritingWellsSpeakAudienceComedyOne ThingArcher Author:Aisha Tyler