Audience Quotes

So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.

I don’t write because there’s an audience. I write because there is literature.

One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I’ve always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.

How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?

If you don’t come from film family, it takes time for people to register you. When you don’t come from film family, the connection with the audience takes time to build up; it happens eventually.

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

When I began acting, my biggest fear was whether the audience will appreciate the kind of films I do.

I had a very easy time loving an audience. But when it’s one-on-one with somebody, all I wanted to do was run away, because maybe they’re going to want something from me I can’t give, or they’re going to hurt me.

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That’s what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.