Audience Quotes

"I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation." "I can't control how people are going to interpret my work." "The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing." "The thing about comedy is that if you bring me to a festival, I’ll definitely kill, but if it’s just regular folks, then you’ve got something worth talking about" "I don't want the stage, I want the people in front of it." "I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions — the curtain was up." "Being an actor is like being a magician. You show something to the audience, but you never reveal the secrets." "Films are subjective - what you like, what you don't like - and the fact that people respond to them is kind of amazing." "I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it." "Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed." "I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies."