Devon Sawa Quotes

People see my films, and they cheer and they clap, and they are the kind of movies I like to see myself.

It's a pity that I can never really enjoy my movies because, after the mixing, your capacity as a spectator just disappears. I have to think about what I felt just before the mixing.

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

There's nothing more instructive than the immediate response of an audience.

For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.

It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.

I love talking about movies that mean something to me.

I learn more from the audience than I can from anybody else. Not from what they write on the scorecards, but how they respond to the movie while they're watching it - where they laugh and where they react.

I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don't like - and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know?

I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film, and all they write about is 48 frames.

When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.

Audiences in mainland China know how to discuss movies.

I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.

Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

I always approach film as a fan.

I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to myself. That's when I did 'The Conformist,' 'Last Tango in Paris,' etc. And I found it was incredibly rewarding, something new.

I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.

I like movies that make you think.

I'm not exaggerating when I say 'Taxi Driver' was the movie that stopped me in my tracks. That was the first time it got me thinking about movies.