Gail Kim Quotes

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.

For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that is exactly what I am trying to do.

I've always had an idealistic streak about storytelling in that I believe we owe more to audiences than repeatedly bludgeoning them over the head while stealing their lunch money. We owe them inspiration. That's why I'm more interested now in creating new heroes than hooking up jumper cables to old ones.

Theater is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage.

It was Freddie who instilled in us the belief that we had to make people gasp every time.

We're not the first people to climb up something or do a backflip during a set, but we want to do something that gets people's attention.

My constant endeavour is to offer something new to the audience. Every movie I pick, including 'Loafer', which offers a strong mother sentiment, tries to give the audiences a sense of watching something different.

I don't consciously try to make things difficult as much as I try to make them a little different. I like all kinds of laughs. I tried to make a show that elicit groans, guffaws, chuckles, boos.

I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there's always pressure. What else can you come up with?

I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

I think it's important for me, for my crew and for the audience to bring something new to each show. I have friends who have done the same act, word for word for word, for 20 years. I have a problem with that. I think the audience should see something new in each show.

I see myself as attempting to break ground. I definitely am trying to create my own genre here... I'm attempting to tell stories in a very new and entertaining way.

I don't want there to be a typical episode of 'The Walking Dead.' I want to try to give people different things every week because that's what I dig.

I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.

A lot of producers and creative types want to see you be you. Throw something else out there and show them where you would take this part. A lot of them are launching shows for the first time, so they've got a lot riding on this, too, and they want you to be their flight.

What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.

In my opinion, there's nothing new in the theatre, ever. Theatre-makers are thieves, in the honourable tradition of charlatans. They fake it very, very well indeed for the entertainment of everybody else.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.