Josh Lawson Quotes
You can never predict what an audience is going to respond to and what they're going to watch.
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I always watch the work I do.
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I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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I did a sitcom with Desi Arnaz Jr. in a pilot called 'Whacked Out.' We were bombing, and Lucille Ball grabbed the mic and started berating the audience.
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Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.
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When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience.
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I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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I have this whole new audience now.
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I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it.
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'Vicky Donor' proved that the audience was waiting for well-scripted funny films.
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I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
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A few friends and me used to go and watch Bunuel, Carne, Cocteau... Cocteau and Bunuel were surrealism. And I was very excited by that. 'Un Chien Andalou', especially.
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We will continue to carefully watch progress made regarding nuclear non-proliferation, including signing of the CTBT, and take into account various factors, including our bilateral relations.
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You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few rehearsals, then you'd come the night of the show and do it in front of the audience and then go home.
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Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.
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Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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You can never predict what an audience is going to respond to and what they're going to watch.
