“Hey, don't talk directly to the audience. Who do you think you are? The Fleabag?”— Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Marty Glouberman, Richard Kind, imdb.com
“On top of everything, we're giving them what they want: a stage and an audience.”— Aaron Sorkin, Richard Schultz, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, imdb.com
“It's always good to keep your audience waiting.”— Steven Levenson, Thomas Kail, Bob Fosse, Sam Rockwell, imdb.com
“You know, so if the audience thinks that I'm sad or fragile or emotional, it's because I want them to think that.”— Seth Meyers, Izabella Barta, Cate Blanchett, imdb.com
“Neutrality, distance, reserve: I have always believed in these things as my guiding aesthetic.”— Bret Easton Ellis, nytimes.com
“I never care about riling up anybody. That’s a waste of time. It’s always been about purely wanting to express myself, and not really thinking about the audience at all.”— Bret Easton Ellis, nytimes.com
“The biggest criticism of my interviews is that I cut people off. I think my biggest asset is that I cut people off. It sounds like a contradiction, but the fact is you can’t allow people to drone on. You are the orchestra leader. You are the one who is saying, 'My audience wants something new. I got…”— Howard Stern, rollingstone.com
“No one gets an audience with the Pope—not unless he’s real interested in what you got going on.”— Paul Scheuring, Fernando Sucre, Amaury Nolasco, imdb.com
“And the clearer and deeper you get into what you really want, you just become a better artist. If that’s what you really want — becoming a better artist — does that include access? Does that include having 5 billion Instagram followers? I don’t know. That’s for you to decide. But if what you want is…”— Sandra Oh, vulture.com
“Let's just say I'm gonna be so politically incorrect, you might even get sued for being in the audience.”— Kathy Griffin, en.wikiquote.org
“I, Robert J. Dole -- (laughter and applause) -- do solemnly swear -- sorry, wrong speech”— Bob Dole, clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov
“There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.”— Stokely Carmichael, successories.com
“Thank you... I deserve that. I'm really good. I'm one of the best. Actually, I'm the best, currently ranked number one in the world. So buckle up. You guys are in for a treat. Oh, 19,000 people, This is awesome. Thank you. Seriously, don't look around. It's 19,000. People watching on tv, they never…”— Daniel Tosh, en.wikiquote.org
“Thank you … San Francisco. All right, you're ruining the show. Thank you … for clapping for what my parents are ashamed of.”— Daniel Tosh, en.wikiquote.org
“I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed with no audience - but who cares?”— Karl Lagerfeld, vogue.co.uk
“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com
“Even if it isn’t the piece of work that finds an audience, it will teach you things you could have learned no other way.”— J. K. Rowling, marieclaire.co.uk