Joe Mantello Quotes

I think good entertainment makes you feel something... it can be a variety of different feelings.

I'm just interested in things that move me and make me think, make me laugh.

What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make me cry or make me laugh.

No one should ever be bored. … One can be horrified, or disgusted, but one can’t be bored.

Give me anything that moves my heart, that gives me goosebumps.

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.

My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.

That's my mission: to make you feel something.

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

Surprise is important. I think that's the essence of entertainment, really.

You said everything I needed to hear. I'm hooked now. You have me. What are you going to do with me?

When I've heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something.

We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.

People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.

I just think when you read something that's magnetic that pulls you into it or resonates with you, whatever that may be, that's always a positive thing. And you never know what that's going to be.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears, or inspiration. Otherwise, why do it? It's the communication.

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.

Art is what can't be proven mathematically, right, it's where science ends. It's the part that makes you feel good, but you don't know why.

I love films, I love the way they make me feel.

I want to earn a reader's capacity to be moved.