Quotes About Interaction

When you meet your idols, I'm not one of those people - like if I saw Prince on the street, I wouldn't say anything. Because I'd want him to meet me. You want to meet people on the right terms or if there's a reason for you to meet.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

I don't ignore anything. Somebody gets in my face, I get in their face.

I tell people that if I'm ignoring them, chances are I may not have heard them. I depend on hearing aids, but I've not found it a problem. I'm visually very aware!

I can't imagine working without an audience.

There's nothing more fun than acting on stage with a live audience and that immediate feedback.

In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.

I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the television medium is that you don't get that. You don't get that immediate response.

When you can connect with a live audience and you get that immediate response it's just great.

Dialogue is one of the easiest ways to get character conflict across immediately in comics.

It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics.

For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time.

My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena.

Television is an important part of how we communicate.

People are human beings. They talk about stuff, they make mistakes, they try to impress each other with their tidbits.

I just don't give off a great first impression.

People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward.

Generally, I've found that a heckler in an improv audience is just enjoying the show so much that they want to be in it.

If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses with the audience. There's something fantastic about the improv of it all.

The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.

It's fascinating working with young children. You have to improvise around them, and they're moving around and doing stuff, and you have to be real with them.

In reality, I laugh a lot. In fact, if someone cries in front of me, I cant help myself and I often start laughing.

In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what they like about my music, and I'm able to communicate directly with them.

Czech people are quite hard to get to know, in my opinion.