Travis Knight Quotes

When you tell a story that you know is having an effect on the audience, that, for me, is the transforming thing.

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.

I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going to love and be entertained by.

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.

At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.

I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.

I want to make a movie that can grab people by the heartstrings.

I am fascinated by storytelling glue. Anytime I see someone who's good at it, I stop and wonder, 'How'd they 'do this? Why can't I tear myself away?

I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives.

If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not therapy - it's supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.

As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story.

Action alone doesn't work in Germany - you need an emotional element to the story.

The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a response - so these people who come up to you in the street are your audience.

I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the stories moving, never a dull moment, to hold their interest.

The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.

I didn't expect to feel pathos for the villains in our show. I feel quite moved in several of our episodes; I never realized that a show like 'Motive,' which aims for a broad appeal, could have that sort of emotional impact.

If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.

The big thing for me is to make films that you feel, whether you feel happy, whether you feel sad, whether you feel sick; it's to make the audience feel so that the next day they remember what they saw.

As long as your storytelling and emotional depth are intact, that's what people will focus on.

The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

I think that's something that people feel that I do really well; I don't mind it, because ultimately I think the characters I play move people, and who wouldn't want to move people?

If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.

It's kind of the filmmaker's job to use visual, cinematic language in a way possible to tell a story that reaches and touches as many people as possible.