“A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that happens, but I'm sure it has an inner basis that is never learned.” I CanHappensCertainAttentionAudienceTalentDemandEarsBasesCharismaConductor Author:Isaac Stern
“The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents.” HappensJobsFilmNightAudienceMovementTerribleDirectorsBurdenAccidentsDisasterSelectVacuumsYawning Author:Orson Welles
“I think sometimes I get carried away, like I'm speaking to an imaginary audience rather than just trying to figure something out for myself. Ideally, I try to balance that - that I'm asking these questions of myself, how does this work, why does this happen, what's going on here.” ThinkingTryingDoeSometimesHappensAudienceFiguresBalanceAskingImaginaryCarried Away Author:David Byrne
“Audiences and critics they don't like seeing what happens in real life. Why do you think comedies make all the money at the box office? People want to go and laugh. I can understand that.” PeopleThinkingWantI CanRealHappensAudienceLaughingComedySeeingOfficeCriticsBoxesReal LifeBox Office Author:Channing Tatum
“I think for me, what I'm doing on set is I'm watching things happen as an audience member and trying to just look at, what's the image we're photographing, how will that advance the story and what will the next image be.” ThinkingTryingLooksStoriesHappensNextAudienceMembersThings Happen Author:Christopher Nolan
“There's a tacit agreement between myself and the audience that I will entertain them when they buy their ticket, and I've been the one that has screwed that up. Once in while I indulge myself and try something else, and I keep my fingers crossed that it will come out good and there'll be enough people who will enjoy it, but that doesn't often happen.” PeopleTryingEnoughHappensEnjoyAudienceFingersAgreementTicketsIndulgeTacitFingers Crossed Author:Woody Allen
“A lot of times, if you watch sign language interpreters, there can be some lag time issues. When that happens, I think you lose the hearing audience.” IfsThinkingHappensLanguageLosesWatchesAudienceIssuesHearingInterpreterLagSign Language Author:Jack Jason
“The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.” FeelsStillsRealHappensActorsEasyChallengesLinesActingAudienceLaughingComedyDyingEmotionalEasierDramaThings HappenComicFulfillingHorrificFeel Like Dying Author:George Takei
“The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to some level beneath herself. And she - the author - should fight always to prevent that dragging down, especially when the only possible benefit of allowing it to happen is monetary.” ShouldWritingStoriesHappensFightingLevelsNovelAudienceBenefitsAllowingShort StoryDragMonetary Author:Caitlín R. Kiernan
“Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular gender or race, what she’s actually having to assert is the breadth and depth of her own humanity.” HumansHappensArtistHumanityRaceAudienceParticularDepthGenderBreadth Author:Cheryl Strayed
“I like European movies because it seems those audiences are a little more patient. Those movies are always slower, where over here, the studio system freaks out if something doesn't happen every five minutes or if anything is confusing.” IfsLittlesSeemsHappensAudienceFiveMinutesPatientStudiosFreakConfusingFive Minutes Author:Rob Zombie