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BOBBY FARRELLY I don't want to get someone who has a great message and then have them speak to a few audience membe...
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DARIO ARGENTO Every actor is alive because of his/her fans. I'm glad that my fans love me so much. I have an i...
RANI MUKERJI I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give the...
SAM RAIMI Any film that exists that is thorough, you can't give it to an audience of one and have that be ...
SHANE CARRUTH Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and gi...
SIMON PEGG
I love my work, apart from when it's driving me crazy. But I get to be interested in stuff and t... LUCY WALKER
You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And i... JIM HENSON
I think there's still an appetite among a certain audience to see intelligent movies that have r... JEREMY IRONS
As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; ... PETER JACKSON If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter, no matter how dark, the audience can't acce...
THEODORE MELFI Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience ...
DAVID LEAN How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
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I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often ... CHRIS HEMSWORTH We like to crystallize something in the audience's brain that makes them say, 'Hey I really ...
GARY GOETZMAN Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film,...
MIKE FIGGIS A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it'...
GRANT HESLOV
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won... ORSON WELLES
I think too often in films, people think endings are a summation of plot, and I don't like that.... JEFF NICHOLS
I'm pleased to have been chosen by Coach G. and the team. I know they'll do me proud, ... If not, I'... DON RICKLES
I'm pleased to have been chosen by Coach G. and the team. I know they'll do me proud. If not, I'm go... DON RICKLES
Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one ... GEORGE LUCAS I like my messiness on stage, though I watch comics who come at a joke from every angle and I think,...
SARAH SILVERMAN
Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because ... WOODY HARRELSON Sometimes you step in to give someone advice and they think you’re telling them what to do. Then y...
KAORU SHINMON
I think 'Two Towers' is a completely distinct film from 'Fellowship of the Ring' or ... HOWARD SHORE
I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a s... PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audien...
NEIL JORDAN
If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit. CASEY KASEM When someone is getting too power hungry. Sit them down, give them the remote, make them a sandwich,...
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the aud...
AJAY DEVGAN There's just certain things you don't think about to enjoy a film. Bullets in space are one ...
MAGGIE GRACE Film directing is really undermined if you attempt to do it by committee because there has to be a s...
DUNCAN JONES There's not one film that I've ever made that could get made today by a studio, not one - ev...
ROB REINER
Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise,... CASEY KASEM
They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO
I'm lucky that I do something I love, and I am proud, as I think it's a positive message to ... VICTORIA BECKHAM The movies I make - the goal isn't a mass audience. They're not expensive films. So the atte...
TAYLOR SHERIDAN A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast...
JAVIER CAMARA
To have a film where there's an evil figure and a good person fights against the evil figure and... HAYAO MIYAZAKI It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.
ELIZABETH OLSEN
I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's fa... AUNJANUE ELLIS A life sentence was sufficient for them, it seems disproportionate to give our client the same sente...
JOSHUA DRATEL A tooth for a tooth, will make the world's inhabitants a people without teeth
SOTONYE ANGA To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.
C. KENT WRIGHT
No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audien... NAIMA ADEDAPO
If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their he... SANDRA BULLOCK
I think there's a time and place to watch an independent film, or catch up on a French action fi... ROBERT ENGLUND
It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start getting li... JIM DALE
I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set... JIM HARRISON
I don't like the process of meeting someone and you make a film and that's it. You think you... RYAN GOSLING And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can giv...
BILLY OCEAN People go to see a film because it's a great story and it's visually exciting to watch.
DOUGRAY SCOTT
When I was acting, I got trained in creating a character as a three-dimensional person. If you'r... TANA FRENCH
It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactl... JONAH HILL
I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure. ZOE KRAVITZ The world is waiting for you, never give up on your dream(s). Arise and make an impact, there are pe...
WISDOM KWASHIE MENSAH If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode...
ANDY SAMBERG That was a great process, getting to sit, one-on-one, watching film and being able to talk with them...
BERNARD POLLARD You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.
ALAN RUDOLPH At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. ...
GAVIN O'CONNOR I think it's great training for any comedian to start on cows. Because with cows, you expect the...
KRISTEN SCHAAL
I'm going to make mistakes, I just have to be able to learn from them as quickly as possible. To... JEREMY LIN
When you create those characters that people love and care about and put them in a dark hallway, alr... JAMES WAN
'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It'... JOHN LASSETER
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS
As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS
You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE
Some artists see a gig as an audience worshipping them. I think it is about having a great time toge... JO NESBO
I don't watch sitcoms. I really don't. My problem with them is they take so long to film the... CAROL BURNETT It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to b...
LAURA LINNEY I don't judge my effectiveness by how many words I say. I think liberals often see nuances in th...
ALAN COLMES We showed just a brief sample of the film, a trailer really. But the critics could watch the film in...
JULIA REICHERT You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more h...
GARY SHERMAN
I think they should make it a felony to criticise a film product. Particularly my film product. It&#... RICHARD LINKLATER
The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don... JESSIE J I always like to look at things and think, 'Would I be proud to bring my grandma and grandpa to ...
RACHEL SKARSTEN
I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of t... STEVEN WRIGHT I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it m...
ASGHAR FARHADI
I think that's one of the greatest gifts you get if you're successful at something like musi... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. 'Thrones' would be the perfect platform to send a progressive message because right now, our...
FINN JONES We are born different to make a difference.
LISA R. REYNOLDS I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any write...
KATE ATKINSON I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half o...
DAMON LINDELOF If you sit in a room and think you're the only one that needs to be loved, then you have a big p...
AKSEL HENNIE
If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for ... PATRICK WILSON As filmmakers, we want the audience to have the most complete experience they can. For example, I in...
MICHAEL MANN
Chinese martial artists consider themselves to be gardeners, and it's an honor for them to take ... WONG KAR-WAI
I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incen... ELMORE LEONARD I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.
IRVIN KERSHNER
I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and... VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
