Paul Guilfoyle Quotes

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

I'm doing the kind of show that I would want to see.

In my theater, I'm not trying to change the world.

Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.

I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

I want to entertain viewers as much as possible.

If you want to be an entertainer and just keep your audience happy, that's one thing. But to be an artist, I think, means ultimately primarily pleasing yourself, and in that respect, you constantly have this sense of confronting the expectations of your audience.

With an artist no sane man quarrels, any more than with the colour of a child's eyes.

I am my own audience. I always picture me and my mates and think, 'What would we enjoy listening to?'

Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.'

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

With anything, and especially with the pallet of viewers in watching anything on TV and film, you have to entertain them.

I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

I think when I start out writing, I always try to write the version of the movie that I want to go see. I don't mean it in a way that ignores the audience, but I really set out to make a movie that I want to see and that, hopefully, other people will want to go see it. So whatever's amusing to me, I guess, I throw it all in there.

Film making is an expensive, as well as a serious business. We should be able to entertain our audiences, who are fully aware of what they want. Every filmmaker has a different point of view and presents facets of society.

Whatever I'm throwing out there in my work, you either catch that detail because you're ready to catch it, but if you're not, that's OK - you're still being entertained.

We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, we're going to do it. The money is just a byproduct of coming out with good stuff. Our whole thing is building that rapport with the audience.

When I get a beautifully written piece of material, I immediately start imagining how I would interpret it. I love just daydreaming about it for months, breaking it down, seeing where I can spin something. How I can turn this into the most fun ride for the audience that I can make it? That's my job.

In my case, I take part in performance-oriented music and believe it is my call to show the audience something that both their eyes and ears can enjoy.

When I am filming dramas, I lean towards doing what the public wants to see from me.

I make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't.

What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.

I try my hardest with my live show and YouTube to make it appealing to all ages.