Quotes About Audience

When I started doing arenas, because of the screens, I was back to getting the reaction of a very small room. If I say something and raise my eyebrow, everyone sees it. So people were laughing at the subtleties that they weren't getting in the theatres. It was really strange.

In terms of scripted shows, I love 'Mad Men.' Cinematically, it's one of the most beautiful shows ever made. I love the subtlety of the acting and the storytelling, and I love that they don't think the audience is dumb. They make a great show, and you figure it out, and it leaves you with so many questions - it's just great.

Now I can broadcast to an audience of several million people on the 'Today' programme. I can talk about the day's news. But on radio, believe it or not, we have notes and scripts. And while we might ad lib the odd wryly amusing asides, they come at the frequency of a suburban bus. About one every 90 minutes.

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls.

In an homage, you always want to subvert it and have fresh new takes. You don't want the audience to say, 'Oh they just did 'The Amityville Horror' there,' you always want to add something new.

Whether the work that I do shall succeed or achieve critical acclaim is for the audience to decide.

If Al Jazeera America becomes just another mainstream TV station, it is definitely not going to succeed.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

Unfortunately for the composers of the time, wealthy Renaissance merchants were more likely to commission a painting than a composition. The painting could be owned, repeatedly shown off, and later resold, unlike the music. The financial incentive to commission a composition, which can be enjoyed by any audience member, was weaker. Paintings were closer to private goods, and musical performances were closer to public goods.

I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.

to learn. For one thing, who goes to a play on the Fourth of July? People are barbecuing and watching fireworks. Also, I was a total unknown. No one had heard of Tyler Perry, no one knew about my play. Why would they come?

A couple of weeks later, the play was produced at the Fox Theatre, with more than 4,500 seats, and it sold out—two shows.

It was the impossible physical expectations that pushed me towards a more commercial trajectory. My body was becoming more womanly, it was a natural thing, and my mother wanted me to feel proud of that, not ashamed. Trying to steer my body away from its natural curviness would have been physically unhealthy so instead I steered my career towards an audience who would identify with it and embrace it.

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

In Socrates' time, an orator was accustomed to ask his audience which genre or mode of expression was preferred: myth i.e., narrative-- or logical argumentation? In the age of the book, this decision cannot be left to the audience: the choice must be made in order for the book to exist and one merely imagines (or hopes for) an audience that will have given one answer rather than the other; one also tries to listen to the answer suggested or imposed by the subject itself.

A blog is what all "websites wanted to be" updated on a regular basis, contains content that is of interest to a select or target audience and is easy to update and change.

I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.

Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that's the beauty of it.

I don't know how people feel,that's the beauty of TV, is they can see us, but we can't see them.

Our team isn't changing. … And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn't changing.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.