Audience Quotes

My philosophy is, it’s always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don’t mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I’d like you to laugh with me occasionally, too.

It’s not so much a question of whether we’ve shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.

I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, ‘Do not seek approval from the audience.’ People don’t realize that. You can’t do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

I want the audience to watch my films, and that is what I value more than any awards.

When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.

I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to want to prove it to them by giving them blood.

That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.