Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rob Reiner

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

Rita Ora

When I was younger, I did my first audition at 'Eurovision.' I was about 17. After my first audition, I blacked out; I was just like, 'I can't do this.' I'm not knocking it or anything - it's been around for years. I'm just very, very happy I made that decision myself. I think that's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Paolo Bacigalupi

When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.

When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply has made back the money it cost him to pursue this means of reaching his audience with his latest work. For authors who don't have the track record, reputation and built-in audience following of a Stephen King, obviously his example is one that doesn't necessarily encourage them to go out and dismiss their publishers.

We would like to see more diversity in all of our ranks. That's the cornerstone of our league. The administration and coaching staff should reflect the audience that we have for the game in the United States.

Cedric Hardwicke

When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.

Jim Lee

When a character has as wide an audience and as rich a history as Batman, it's truly exciting to see him introduced into an all-new storytelling medium. BATMAN LIVE will bring a completely new experience to fans of the character - it's great to be able to give them something they haven't seen before.

We would all be foolish to ignore that number about how much we're off. We all have to figure out new ways to grow the audience. That's why we're putting so much emphasis on these new platforms. It gives us a whole new group of audience members that weren't there before necessarily, and don't sit down to watch the 'Nightly News' at 6:30 every night.

This system is a monster, ... In this decade, I believe we are going to double our audience.

This safety audit that the insurance company does is thorough. It involves safety issues with equipment, building security and just all kinds of things like that. They give us a detailed report and we're glad to use it.

This represents a tremendous opportunity for retailers, who can cut through this lack of understanding by educating their sales staff and training them on how to conduct effective audio demonstrations.

There certainly was a sense, at least in watching the live audience at the end of last season, that they were supporting her.

There has been a huge change in the media scene, with many new services opening up which subscribe to similar values as the BBC. BBC audiences are declining in many markets as they discover these new national and local services.

May-Britt Moser

Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling.

Richard Rodgers

Whenever I get an idea for a song, even before jotting down the notes, I can hear it in the orchestra, I can smell it in the scenery, I can see the kind of actor who will sing it, and I am aware of an audience listening to it.

J. August Richards

Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!

John Turturro

Whenever and wherever we've shown the film, audiences have responded. So I hope we're going to have a happy ending to the whole situation.

James Macdonald

We're neither happy nor worried about it. The replacement program is doing what it's supposed to and drawing an audience.

We're trying to expand our audiences and have as many people as possible exposed to the orchestra. It's a whole marketing strategy that we hope will better picture us as a 25-year-old organization with a vision for the future.

Michael Henderson

We're trying to create a blend of audio and video elements to induce the viewer to do something more proactively, ... And for advertisers, companies who already have audio clips in the can from other media campaigns can now use them through banner ads.

We're totally thrilled. You couldn't get two more different cities, yet we had a fantastic audience response in both, proving this film plays well in big cities and in the heartland.

We knew that Nick's personality and comedic style would connect with our audience in a huge way,

We thought it best to go with science fiction because you can tweak reality and the audience can suspend belief.

We think we're bringing back a show that is infinitely superior than the one audiences saw last August.

Marian Seldes

People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'

If you really don't care what an audience thinks, make a home movie and show it on your wall.

Openings are about getting reacquainted. We're all glad to be back, playing music with each other again. The audience will be in a festive mood Wednesday.

Our issue now is that we are moving forward, that the system is a much healthier organization than it was during the audit findings of 2003 and 2004.

Dana Gioia

Over the past half century, as American poetry's specialist audience has steadily expanded, its general readership has declined. Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it speaks to and for the general culture.

(Palm Pictures founder) Chris Blackwell said to me 6 or 7 years ago that DVD doesn?t have to be a tombstone for creative content. He said (DVD) is such a great format that people will make content solely for DVD, and not just cheap franchise movies, but things that will extend the audio and visual arts.

David Newman

Our goal is to diversify the audience coming to the U.S. Open and make it as fun and entertaining as possible,

Gurinder Chadha

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, 'Bend it Like Beckham,' for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council.

Todd Wagner

Our core business strategy is to create new opportunities for the consumer, ... what we¹re doing has never been done before. As studios and exhibitors search for ways to retain audiences frustrated with the theatre experience, we believe the competitive solution lies in increasing value for customers.