Public quotes

“People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.”
Terry Gilliam

“Of course I married Artie Shaw. Everybody married Artie Shaw!”
Ava Gardner On Artie Shaw

“The public wants fresh meat, and the public is never wrong.”
John Goodman - Al Zimmer

“The reason I'm doing Shakespeare is to see if today's audiences can still relate to that. I'm not old or English, or anything, so this'll prove it once and for all.”
Keanu Reeves

“I don't like to be mean to fans, but I have to have cops around me now. The worst is when people come up and just grab you.”
Julia Roberts

“People think the writer's imagination is always at work, that he's constantly inventing an endless supply of incidents and episodes; that he simply dreams up his stories out of thin air. In point of fact, the opposite is true. Once the public knows you're a writer, they bring the characters and events to you. And as long as you maintain your...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tom Wilkinson - Author

“Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do!”
Norma Shearer

“East Coast audiences are a bit brighter than Las Vegas audiences.”
Anthony George Newley

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

“The fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.”
Frankie Avalon

“You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission.”
Edgar Bergen

“I think of my relationship with any audience as a love affair. It lasts only a little while but I always look forward to a happy ending. For both of us.”
Dick Shawn

“I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.”
Mary Tyler Moore

“I've had that attitude because half the commissions were nothing but political sops thrown to the public to keep them quiet.”
Joe King - Capt. Dan McLaren

“- Jovie: I can sing, I just choose not to sing. Especially in front of other people.
- Buddy: If you can sing alone, you sing in front of other people. There's no difference.”
Zooey Deschanel - Jovie
Will Ferrell - Buddy

“Violinists love to play an E-string, but audiences really love a G-string!”
Uma Thurman - Ulla

“One can never anticipate how audiences will respond.”
Delroy Lindo

“Sadly cinema owners are more interested in their bottom line, than the emotional maturity of their audience members.”
Marianne Muellerleile

“You've got to be shitting me. You can't get it up in six months, and now you want to fuck me in front of 800 strangers?”

Naomi Watts - Lesley

“I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.”
Neil LaBute

“There's a way of telling a story where the audience is so in love with the characters that they forget you're even telling a story.”
Tim Story

“In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.”
Randal Kleiser

“I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience.”
David Zucker

“Dialogue editing is a vital part of editing especially in animated film, but in the end it is usually completely transparent to the audience.”
Lee Unkrich

“Many journalists have a hard time distinguishing between honest emotion and sentiment. I feel certain the audience knows the difference.”
Ken Kwapis