James Van Der Beek Quotes

But Steven Bochco was smart; he knew that viewers were smart.

Often, American audiences are underestimated by producers and movie studios. They often think we're dumber than we are.

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

You can always trust that an audience is smarter than a studio thinks it is.

When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.

London audiences are tricky, too. They don't laugh as much as the Northern audiences because, and I hate to say this, they are a bit cleverer normally, and they are picking up on all the little details and listening more carefully.

I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.

When I make movies, I have a lot of respect for my audience. I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best.

Whenever I like a character or a script, I take up the project and leave the rest to the audience.

I do feel if we underestimate the viewer, it's at our own peril.

I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.

I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.

Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.

Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public.

That's a big important deal, the way people see you from the stage. Once in a while, I'd ask people, 'How did you enjoy the show?' 'Hey, you looked great.' But how did I sound? That visual look is very important to people.

As a dramatist, you have 200 choices at every fork in the road. But the audience will reject it if you make the wrong choice, if they feel you are trying to shape the character in a way that suits you. It rings false immediately. People can sense when you're being cynical or schematic.

These audiences are so damn smart, way smarter than the studios give them credit for.

I feel like what Director Bong is so amazing at is taking so many things and presenting them to you - never telling you how to think, but, if you leave the theater thinking something, we've done our jobs right.

I tried playing for the public, and I selected music that I thought would be pleasing to them. Times are different now. Today, I play the music I want, and I just try to do my best.

I only think in the following terms: writing, recording, releasing. That's what I have control of. What I don't have control is whether critics or the public like what I do.

I just want to do films which I enjoy doing and the audience will too like it watching.

I find it very funny as well as touching that people associate me with these characters I play and form a connect with them.

You can't control how an audience responds to something. It's up to them.