Marc Webb Quotes

I keep getting amazing things to bring to life. There's always something to discover with 'Dr. Bailey,' something that brings her home to the audience, something that makes people say, 'I know that woman. I work with that woman.' It's incredibly flattering and I'm still finding new things with her all the time.

As a writer, every time I create a character, I try to go for something to captivate the audience in some way. It's also an extension of how the audience would like to see themselves.

When you're being real, that's endearing to an audience. When you're not being real and you're making jumps to things that don't really follow how they would in reality, people don't appreciate that.

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

I always think that the difference between film and theater is like the difference between masturbation and making love. Because, in film, you just have to get one moment right; you're practically by yourself. And in theater, you actually have to have a relationship with the audience.

You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them.

And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all. I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment.

It's really important to create something, like with my creations as a musician. Just let it flow. Focus on how to deliver message to audience. Don't get ego.

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.

Whenever I perform, people get me because I'm talking about things that people can identify with and relate to. I'm not just up there doing jokey, jokey, joke.

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys.

For us, creativity means thinking about the lives of our audience and how to connect with them.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.

Hopefully, somebody who's hearing my music, it's relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them.

I want to work on projects that I can connect with and those that establish a connectivity with the audience too.

As long as the actor is able to maintain an emotional relatability with the audience, he or she will be loved by them.

I feel similar to a lot of people. I don't feel unique. So what I'm trying to do in my films is provide something for people like me, but also a collection of scenes that instigate.

I'm the middle-class kid; it doesn't sound exciting, but a lot of my audience is middle-class kids.

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.