Quotes About Audience

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.

The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.

The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.

Box office figures are not something that can decide the success of a film on its own, but they are one of the many yardsticks that help me measure how well a film has been received.

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.

Over 55,000 people saw the Beatles at Shea Stadium. We took $304,000 - the greatest gross ever in the history of show business!

Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.

There's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.

KISS hammered home the importance of high drama...I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.

Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. Offstage, it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage.

I am taking the applause sign home, putting it in the bedroom.

I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes - and I see many of them in the audience here today.

As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.