“I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.” ThinkingMenMatterChallengesAudienceSuccessfulTelevisionLike YouFemaleRelateBeing Successful Author:Maggie Q
“I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called "Seesaw." I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time, my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first actors in Hollywood to start his own production company, and I respected him because he created something he believed in.” FirstsShowsFeltRolesAudienceSuccessfulHeardModelsTheaterAccomplishmentRole ModelsApplauseSense Of AccomplishmentLancasterSeesaw Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked.” IfsTryingWellsLooksSometimesReasonFilmAudienceSuccessfulReason Why Author:Robert Wise
“I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly - because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it - to use it as a way of luring audiences in.” ThinkingWorldWayWantTryingPlayUseSidesViewsAudienceSuccessfulParticularNormalCinema Author:Terry Gilliam
“I try to be straight when I communicate with my audiences through a film. I'm not sure whether I have been successful. I don't watch my film once they're in theaters.” TryingHas BeensFilmWatchesAudienceSuccessfulTheaterCommunicateNot Sure Author:Lee Yoon-ki
“If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that.” IfsThinkingWantTurnsAsksAudienceSuccessfulMaterialsRuinedTurn Off Author:Lynn Nottage
“The choice or decision to take on a film certainly isn't calculated as far as doing something that will be successful against something that will have a smaller audience. It's all a gamble to me, I don't bet on the horses; I just go with the story that speaks to me and that I feel strongly about which is this one [The Assassination of Jesse James].” FeelsStoriesFilmChoicesSpeakDecisionAudienceSuccessfulHorseBeing SuccessfulGambleAssassination Author:Brad Pitt
“We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design of Tragedy is to raise Commiseration and Terror in the Minds of the Audience, we shall defeat this great End, if we always make Virtue and Innocence happy and successful.” IfsMenMindEndsHappensEvilSidesPrinciplesAudienceVirtueSuccessfulDesignCriticismTragedyTheaterRaisesDefeatTerrorGravesInnocenceGood And Evil Book:Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)
“Deepak Chopra, look at him. He's probably the most successful self-help guru in the world. I don't think he's struggling for any marketing or exposure. You've just got to know where your audience is.” ThinkingKnowsWorldLooksSelfHelpingAudienceStruggleSuccessfulSelf HelpMarketingExposureGuru Author:KRS-One
“It's very difficult to have a successful series that can continue to capture and captivate an audience and keep people interested. Because the story, you've got to be able to continue to tell this story.” PeopleStoriesAbleDifficultAudienceSuccessfulSeriesCapture Author:Jaime Pressly
“I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not in a mean-spirited way, but in a fun way - and my attitude developed from there.” WayMeanAbleFunAttitudeTalkingCareersAudienceSuccessfulJokesAngryImpressionComedianAtmosphereMy AttitudeSpiritedMean Spirited Author:Don Rickles
“If you're in a successful play and the play is working well - I mean successful because the audiences like it, the audiences respond well - it's a pleasure.” IfsWellsMeanPlayPleasureAudienceSuccessful Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.” WayBelieveMadeSaidPlayEnjoyAudienceSuccessfulGratefulEntertainers Author:Johnny Carson
“You become successful, the way I see it, only if you're good enough to deliver what the public enjoys. If you're not, you won't have any audience; so the performer really has more to do with his success than the public does.” IfsWayDoeEnoughEnjoyAudienceSuccessfulGood EnoughPerformersBecoming Successful Author:Johnny Carson
“I think everybody's goal was to make something that was really broad for a big audience, which was my goal too. But my main goal was that I wanted my audience to love it, because they're the ones who are going to buy it, and they're the ones who are going to tell their friends. And I wanted to make sure that core audience was really happy, because if they all buy it we have a successful movie.” IfsThinkingBigsWantedGoalAudienceSuccessfulCoreBroadsReally Happy Author:Shane Dawson
“In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.” WantWritingImportantBookUnderstandingOpinionAudienceSuccessfulMarketingBeing SuccessfulTargetComponentsTarget Audience Author:John Locke
“I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensTimeThreeActorsEasyAudienceSuccessfulConceptsIncreaseTheaterBeing SuccessfulQuartersSophistication Author:David Zucker
“I know it's going to sound like a cliché, but the key of successful playing a role is to sort of keep it real and earnest and react the way that one would react in those situations. Where the disconnect between the movie and the audience would happen is if you go too big or too crazy with that stuff.” IfsKnowsWayRealBigsHappensStuffSoundSituationRolesAudienceSuccessfulCrazyKeysEarnestKeeping It Real Author:Jay Baruchel
“At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, powerful protagonists that audiences can identify with, and a dramatic arc that is able to capture and hold viewers' intellectual and emotional attention.” ShouldHeartEndsStoriesAbleFilmPowerfulAttentionAudienceSuccessfulMiddleEmotionalIntellectualNarrativeDramaticCaptureViewersArcsProtagonistsBeginning Middle And End Author:Julia Bacha
“We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something else. Based on a former television series. Based on a successful videogame.” GivingAudienceSuccessfulTelevisionMaterialsSeriesFormerRemakesSequelsVideogame Author:Dean Devlin
“It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience wanting more.” KindShowsPastCasesAudienceSuccessfulTvsPrimeTv ShowsWanting More Author:Vince Gilligan
“I didn't know if it would be a successful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter...I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along...I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't...The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWritingKindDifferentMomentsWould BeAgeFacesAudienceSuccessfulSawsStageParticularMusicianMusic IsConcernedLifetimeFinishedDifferent KindsSongwritersKeep The FaithDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Bruce Springsteen
“When you look at the current state of reality TV, at least on the mainstream level, the shows that tend to be more successful have been around for a while. It's difficult today to show the audience something they haven't seen before, and I think that's what tends to be the secret to any great, big reality hit.” ThinkingLooksHas BeensStatesShowsBigsRealityTodayDifficultLevelsSecretAudienceSuccessfulHavensTvsCurrentsMainstreamReality Tv Author:Dan Cutforth
“A period romance film with elements of horror. That was successful, because I feel like Coppola's DRACULA was one or the other. You know? It was never scary it was never a film he got invested in the romance of the characters. He understood it, but he never got invested. So it as a challenge for me to see if I could do that, I still don't know how audiences will sort of react to that.” IfsKnowsFeelsStillsCharacterFilmRomanceChallengesAudienceKnow HowSuccessfulPeriodsHorrorElementsUnderstoodScaryIf I Could Author:Cary Fukunaga
“My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.” IfsThinkingJobsGuyStarsBitsAudienceSuccessfulNiceAtmosphereAssistanceThink Of MeNice GuyContestants Author:Alex Trebek
“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.” FeelsWellsStillsHappensArtistTalkingAudienceSuccessfulGroupsShareFansStageMusicianMusic IsPropositionsNot Alone Author:Manu Dibango