“Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.” IfsShouldWritingQualityAudienceHonestPrayingFactorsCraftsBeginnersReadership Book:There Was a Country: A Memoir Source: There Was a Country: A Memoir
“Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it.” IfsEmotionAudienceHonestSpeechApplauseInsincereFaking It Author:Robert Orben
“Acting is not a lofty performance; it is simply the source of becoming and existing transparently. Acting, I find, is the art of frothing to the surface every raw and honest emotion. The moment an actor pretends, he loses his audience forever” ArtMomentsActorsLosesActingEmotionAudienceForeverHonestSourceBecomingPerformancesSurfaceLofty Author:Masiela Lusha
“Eric's performance is an awesome and entirely honest expression of the pain and beauty of his music. To watch him play is like riding on the tail of a dragon, but he is so gentle with his rider, you forget how high up you are or how intense the ride is. He is perhaps the most generous performer I have ever watched, every bit of himself is given to the audience. He's like a Marina Abramovic with a piano, completely and deeply committed, regardless of that pain.” PlayPainGivenBitsForgetWatchesAudienceHonestExpressionPerformancesCommittedIntenseGentlePianoGenerousDragonsPerformersRidingTailsRidersEric Author:Tea Leoni
“I don't know if I could write ten easy ways to connect with an audience. I know you have to believe in what you're doing, you have to believe in your music, believe in your ability, believe that what you're doing is honest and true and real.” IfsKnowsWayWritingBelieveRealEasyAbilityAudienceHonestTenMusic IsIf I CouldBelieve In YouDoing YouEasy Way Author:Ramsey Lewis
“That is definitely a misunderstanding between me and a part of my audience. To be honest, I am often unsettled by the responses some people have had to my movies, and that includes many people who like them.” PeopleAudienceHonestResponseBeing HonestMisunderstanding Author:Todd Solondz
“Even though I'm an actor, even though I know a little bit about film, I very much view things as an audience member. For me, whether it's TV, film, theater, whatever, it's a big movie, a small movie, whatever it is, I look for the truth in it. I look for the honesty. I just look for if it feels honest and real to me.” IfsKnowsFeelsLooksLittlesRealBigsFilmActorsBitsViewsAudienceHonestHonestyTvsMembersLittle BitTheaterBig Movie Author:Elisabeth Moss
“When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.” IfsWayWantBelieveI BelieveAudienceHonestHonestyHumilityOne WayReach Out Author:Frank Sinatra
“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
“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
“Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.” TryingBigsAudienceHonestStylePerformancesSingersBeing HonestHittingUnderestimateNever Underestimate Author:Tony Bennett
“I think what's exciting about doing it as found footage - if we all are being honest, found footage gets a little bit of a bad rap sometimes, but I think that there's a lot of potential in the medium in taking it seriously and in treating the audience with respect and in treating the characters with respect in terms of, why is the camera really on? Where would the camera be when it is on?” IfsThinkingLittlesSometimesCharacterFoundBitsTermAudienceHonestLittle BitExcitingCamerasRapMediumsBeing Honest Author:Dean Israelite
“My dad isn't sure how I make a living because I'm not in the newspapers or on music shows any more. The world is bigger than England, however, but for the large part, yes, people don't know who I am. What are you gonna do? Unless you're a superstar act that attracts young people because it might be their last chance to see you before you die, then it's fairly typical. I'm astonished that I have any audience at all, to be honest.” PeopleKnowsWorldShowsMightLastsYoungDiesChanceAudienceHonestDadBiggerEnglandMy DadNewspapersWho I AmBeing HonestTypicalSuperstarLast Chance Author:Graham Parker
“To be honest, I would have to say that there was a certain burden in working with Arnold, a big action star. I am aware that Arnold is loved by the American audience, but rather than focusing on working with Arnold, what I focused on was expressing the character, Sheriff Owens, through Arnold the actor and knowing that Arnold and my idea about Sheriff Owens coincided and that it was about Owens protecting a certain value and justice, I focused more on that aspect that helped me to be more comfortable in working with Arnold.” IdeasCharacterBigsActionCertainValuesActorsStarsJusticeAudienceKnowingHonestComfortableAspectBurdenFocusedBeing HonestSheriffs Author:Kim Jee-woon
“I try to make all my work as honest as possible. I want the audience to feel like they're watching two people talking-having a conversation-as opposed to watching actors fake it. I want the audience to get lost in the fact that this is so good it could be real.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingTwoRealFactsActorsLostTalkingAudienceHonestConversationFakeBeing RealPeople Talking Author:Danny Burstein
“To be honest with you, I don't know how even to articulate it at this point, because sometimes the real difference in the seasons perhaps will come in the way the viewership responds and the audience responds. The thing about the show is - we realign a lot about it once our audience watches it. We learn things that we can't even anticipate.” KnowsWayRealSometimesShowsDifferencesWatchesAudienceKnow HowHonestSeasonsBeing HonestAnticipate Author:Steve Zissis
“It's interesting to play that [ Thomas in The Maze Runner], actually. The audience gets to see the character discover who he is, things that he never even knew about himself. I love that Thomas starts out as the newbie, as the 'Greenie', and the audience kind of experiences that through his perspective. It's really cool to watch him discover these leadership qualities that he has, and the way you approach it... I guess, just honestly. As honest as you can, really.” WayKindPlayCharacterInterestingQualityWatchesAudienceHonestPerspectiveApproachHonestlyRunnersReally CoolMazesLeadership QualitiesMaze Runner Author:Dylan O'Brien
“You have those who have been living and breathing Buckminster Fuller ever since he converted them to his cult and to be honest, I'm really not interested in that audience at all. I think that they're going to die out soon enough.” ThinkingHas BeensEnoughDiesAudienceHonestBeing HonestBreathingNot InterestedCultSoon EnoughBuckminster Fuller Author:Jonathon Keats
“I did a film that was similar to that world, which was Brotherly Love, and the audience fell in love with [my character] June. So to be honest, I remembered what I did in that movie and studied that film and my mannerisms while shooting in Philly.” WorldCharacterFilmAudienceHonestBeing HonestShootingRememberedJuneBrotherlyBrotherly LoveMannerisms Author:Cory Hardrict