- Nov 07, 2020
Audience Member Quotes
What performers owe the people watching.
These lines come from actors and performers thinking about the person in the seat, not the industry around them — what surprises an Audience member, and what breaks the spell.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to know exactly what I'm going to do in a scene, because the most interesting moments as an audience member are moments of truthful spontaneity.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the singular triumph of my performing career.
- Mumbai
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- Nov 07, 2020
A pleased audience member is a pleased audience member, whether they're in New York or Mumbai.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
During 'Anna Christie,' the biggest challenge I had was working with my daughter and sort of not stopping and asking an audience member for a camera to record the moment.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is always a reverence issue, and I'm no different from any audience member that if someone's adapting a book or comic that I like, I really don't want them to screw it up.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020