Joe Meno Quotes

Things meant to appeal to the masses usually end up appealing to no one.

If the script is right, I'm not above doing a movie with broad appeal.

Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television.

I'm not a snob... there's room for entertainment that reaches a lot of people and can be really good, but you don't just have to be one kind of actor.

I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.

The pop culture tends to go to the lowest denominator, so cinema is in a weird place, due to its mass nature. It's diluted down to very little: simple stories and simple politics.

The broadcast networks - they are literally broad. They try to appeal to everyone. They try to reach all of America, all the time. Increasingly, they fail to do that, but they try.

One has to create music with mass appeal and not something which is niche. With niche music, you will only go a small distance.

Let me be very frank. I make films keeping within the mainstream and my cinema is popular cinema. I love it this way.

Of course, you have to think of the audience. You cannot make an obtuse film that only appeals to a small niche section of the audience.

I always thought I was commercial. I always thought I was writing hit singles. These days, whatever's on the radio is considered commercial. People like what's on the radio, whatever it is.

If you want to reach a large audience, appeal to idiots.

In TV, in general, the more you try and please everybody, the less people you please.

A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator.

With pop, it's pretty much straight up and down. It has to be simple. Everybody has to be able to walk down the street and be able to sing it.

All that pop that you see on the radio? It's just the worst crud I've ever heard in my life. It's designed to make money, and that's about it.

Being mainstream is fun.

I love commercial cinema.

Just like multiplex theatres, the industry had become divided, making films that alienated one kind of audience or another. It was really time to come out of the niche and make something that, at a certain level, clicked with everyone. 'Wanted' did just that. It opened the gates once more.

The audience is different for TV and web, but the latter offers everything for everyone.

Our strategy is gaming for the masses.

The average commercial radio listener in America is not looking for lofty, intellectual subjects. This isn't brain surgery. It's about striking the passion of the people.

It's nice to be part of a film that will be watched by a large audience.

When I made 'Pizza,' all I had in my mind was to make the film reach as many people as possible.

I don't even know what is popular.