David Nevins Quotes

I just have fun on stage. There's nothing premolded out there. I try to always do something different.

I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden!

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 definitely want make an impact in television. I want to make a continued and greater impact in feature films, and I want to be somebody who continues to be at the forefront of creating a wide variety of content that I could be proud of and that engages people on all levels.

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

Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.

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

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.

With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

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

My goal is always to make something unpredictable that feels inevitable in the end. It's getting harder to do that. Audiences are so sophisticated and so smart.

I don't know if I've ever read a movie that's as strange and unpredictable and hilarious and wonderful as the stuff we're doing on 'The Last Man on Earth.' It's jaw-dropping every week when I get a script, because it goes to such strange places.

I prefer doing TV, where it can be different every time.

Live shows have been going on for so long, can you really do something that's never been done before?

I can't create magic, where all my serials will have the highest ratings.

Every show is completely different.

The magic to our show and, I think, any successful show, be it on the radio or TV, is every person being true to themselves.

If it is just another run-of-the-mill show, then what is the point?

I love TV and I think it would be cool to be a host one day.

I never considered game show host as a career, but it's fun because I get to inject some of my comedy into it.

I have a lot of maneuvers in my back pocket, so to speak. And to me, the thing is to always surprise the audience so they're always seeing something new, and not just get stuck in the same rut.

I constantly want to do something new and surprise the audience.

I feel the best way to respect my audience is to not give them what they expect from me... 'cause it's fun that way.

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.