“I remember just being absolutely slack-jawed, stunned, knocked over, goggle-eyed with astonishment. They applauded like they were at a live Broadway show and I had never seen anything like that in my life.”

Kirk Wise

“- Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Why would you possibly want to be in a play when you could be in a film?
- Greta Schroeder: An audience gives me life. This... thing only takes it from me.”
John Malkovich - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Catherine McCormack - Greta Schröder

“TV seems to bring out the worst in people.”
Kiefer Sutherland - The Caller

“- Mary Crawford: We all need an audience, wouldn't you say, Fanny?
- Fanny Price: To be truthful, I live in dread of audiences.”
Embeth Davidtz - Mary Crawford
Frances O'Connor - Fanny Price

“The audience didn't tune in to watch some amazing display of intellectual ability. They just wanted to watch the money.”
Martin Scorsese - Martin Rittenhome