Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Jennings

I think audiences, in times of trouble and good times, look for people on television who are basic, don't have airs, don't hype themselves.

Christopher Nolan

I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.

Bea Arthur

For us it was really the same, because we did the show in front of a live audience, it was like being on stage.

I get up in front of audiences and do a drawing. Some days I give away t-shirts. Usually it's $20 cash.

E. O. Wilson

I get love from the audiences, I love that love they give me, you know the standing ovations. Makes you feel good, makes you feel good.

Without their assistance, those games would not have been shown to local audiences and our phones would have rung.

Bryan Fuller

I think one of the things that was a huge surprise to everyone with 'Silence of the Lambs' was that that was an Oscar-winning horror movie. It struck such a nerve with audiences that it was a very particular, special experience.

Keith Davis

This show is going to be fascinating, an eye-opener, and will present material American audiences have never seen.

In 2001, Katie Couric told 'Today Show' audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened - that it was staged in the Nevada desert.

Andrzej Wajda

Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make.

Verdine White

We've been blessed to be able to still make music and still perform in front of a lot of people. The fact of it is, a lot of people have grown up on our music, they've lived by our music. Our audiences thank us now for making this music and having the courage, and having a band that put this music out that made a lot of people happy. Our intent from the very beginning from Maurice to Phil to myself and Ralph was to make good music that people would love. We're proud of that.

Al Jarreau

There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may be fresh. For others, it might be just like a comfortable shirt they've been wearing.

Bernie Sanders

Nowadays you don't need to be a senator or a CEO or a celebrity to have a voice in the media, and if you happen to be a senator, a CEO or a celebrity, you have a thousand people each with their own respective audiences to hold you accountable.

Brenda Strong

I think whenever you have a product you are always trying to improve it. Whether it is a commercial project out on the market or it's a creative collaboration, you are always looking to keep you audiences more engaged.

While the Super Bowl gets a broad audience, not to mention a large one, there are more effective ways to reach women.

James Gray

Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this at my own peril, but Marion Cotillard is the best actor I've ever worked with.

When somebody does it, it's got a worldwide audience.

Chadwick Boseman

Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But they're not looking for the next Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Sidney Poitier.

Film executives look at things like star power, film release dates, target audiences and soundtracks. This software is going to give you information that is probably already known.

Nikki Sixx

But the other thing besides that which is true is that we have been rediscovered or discovered by a new audience.

Chuck Palahniuk

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter.

Frederick Wiseman

There are lots of different ways to make film. I don't believe there has to be any orthodox way to making movies, or any rules. It's what works for the filmmaker, and, theoretically, the audience.

There are just too many of these adult-oriented comedies out there that audiences were sort of pulled in a lot of different directions.

Robin Williams

. . . when you have a great audience, you can just keep going and finding new things.

Robert Lopez

With comedy, the jokes will come out, and people will see them coming. Changes in daily life or current events can change the consciousness of audiences and can make the show less funny or feel more stale.

Joel Coen

We were walking a fine line, making it a sort of challenge for audiences to figure out what's going on without clues except what you're listening to, but at the same time, we wanted to make sure we didn't leave the audience completely at sea. I'm still not sure which bucket we finally tipped it into.

WRHI has never underestimated its audience. That's why they're still around.

Women are coming out to the theaters, but they're coming out to movies with each other and not their boyfriends and husbands. I think we've lost a lot of our male audiences this year. The video game industry may be having more of an effect than we originally thought it might.

Aaron McGruder

To me, being in the top 10 for African-American audiences is not justification to keep a show on the air. I would not be shedding any tears for the loss of those shows.

Greg Garcia

Upscale audiences don't necessarily need to sit and watch themselves on TV,

there is nothing like a live audience--the combined feeling of elation and being physically spent--that comes from working hard in the theatre.

You have to connect with your audience. It's harder for everybody in the genre to sustain big audiences these days.

Isla Fisher

I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.'