“You have to remember the police used to raid and arrest the audience for seeing Scorpio Rising (1964), or Jack Smith movies. Wouldn't that be exciting today, if you see went to the movie and everyone at the IFC was arrested in a paddy wagon and taken away?” IfsTodayRememberUsedAudienceTakenSeeingExcitingPoliceRisingArrestedWagonsPaddyScorpios Author:John Waters
“There have been times when I've written something and it goes out and it comes back in a letter from some kid as to what they think about it and I've taken their analysis to heart so much that I have taken up his thing. Writing what my audience is telling me to write.” ThinkingWritingHeartHas BeensKidsAudienceTakenWrittenLettersAnalysis Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview
“The great thing about 'Weeds' is that everything we do is never quite serious enough to be taken seriously. It always has humor behind it, and it think it makes it definitely more fun for the audience.” ThinkingEnoughFunBehindsAudienceTakenSeriousGreat ThingsWeedNever Quit Author:Alexander Gould
“The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.” AudienceTakenJourneyLikesNew Journey Author:David Copperfield
“Whoever writes a bad review, I put their name on a list, and they're going to get taken care of one day down the road. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. The truth is, these are review-proof movies. The audiences are going to see it. My audience, our audience, isn't reading Esquire magazine to see if my movie is good or not. They just want to laugh, to be entertained, and lose themselves.” IfsWantWritingCareReadingNamesLosesAudienceLaughingTakenTruth IsOne DayProofListsMagazinesBotherReviewsDown The RoadBad Reviews Author:Brett Ratner
“Obviously the role of comics is changing very fast. On the one hand, comics are widely accepted and taken seriously. On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.” HandsRolesAudienceTakenMediaMassImpactAcceptedSuspectsMass Media Author:Bill Watterson
“There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only a commodity. Or there's some kind of critical consensus that some things are "good," and some things are garbage, throwaway culture. And I think the difference between them, in a lot of ways, is actually much less than people think. Especially when you get down to how they affect the audience.” PeopleThinkingWayKindCultureBeliefDifferencesAudienceTakenIntellectualEntertainmentCriticalCommodityGarbageConsensus Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Taken as a whole the mass media seldom rises to the level of deplorable trash, but it is also true that there is no mass audience in America for anything better.” WholeAmericaLevelsAudienceTakenMediaMassTrashMass Media Author:Nicholas von Hoffman
“When I set out to write a screenplay, I have in my mind a beginning and an end but that end part continually changes as I start to write the middle. That way by the time the screenplay is finished I have taken myself and my audience from a familiar beginning point through the story to an unfamiliar ending point.” WayWritingMindEndsStoriesAudienceTakenMiddleFinishedFamiliarScreenplaysUnfamiliar Author:Christian Keiber
“We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,' say: 'In my present state of agitation, I can't see clearly, I can't judge clearly; I am only a tragic actor who is declaiming for his own ears.' Then you will see the lights in the theater go out for lack of an audience, and the brilliant sets will be nothing more than painted cardboard.” I CanStatesLightPassionActorsAudienceTakenJudgingEarsTheaterRefuseBrilliantTragicDespiseEloquenceAgitationFalse Friends Author:Emile Chartier
“They're very sociable occasions and there's no barriers between us and the audience. It's customary that after our performances, we go out into the foyer and spend an hour or so signing autographs for the fans and having our pictures taken with them.We strongly believe that going out front to meet the fans is just as important as playing the gigs - and we all love a good natter!” BelieveImportantHoursAudienceTakenFansFrontsPerformancesOccasionsBarriersGoing OutGigsAutographsSigningSociablePicture TakenSigning AutographsFoyers Author:Ric Sanders