Jake Barton Quotes

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.

The entertainment is in the presentation.

I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy.

If you want people to come to theaters, you better do something different.

Advertising has always been part show biz.

In combat sports, personalities are what draw.

Sometimes you experience magic out in the ring.

I know that you need to be entertaining at the beginning to get people interested, and what interests people is knockouts and excitement.

We focus on performances that can get our fans excited.

What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at."

Interviewing somebody is a lot different than being handed a stick in a 20,000-seat arena and trying to sell tickets. You're very green when you start. I'm still learning things to this day. I'm decent at interviews now, but man, getting people to buy tickets is the easiest thing in the world for me.

The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it's really fun, and you know we're always going to give you a satisfying ending.

I really focus on giving the viewers compelling television, and hope that more and more people watch.

I started travelling doing shows everywhere to make people feel like a sense of New Orleans wherever they may be.

When we are on the road, we do a real horror show - and it's pure entertainment. That's it.

Even though MMA and pro wrestling are very different, at the end of the day, it's all about entertaining. They are amazing athletes who go out there and give 100 percent.

I want people to come to town and come by the shop and buy a T-shirt, then go by the bar-and-grill and have a hamburger or go hear some music. I want to be a destination - the destination.

If the packaging is good - the actors, director and producer - then it will work, even if the product is not good.

I think when I fight, I make it exciting. I like to excite the fans.

I remember from the very beginning when I walked out at UFC 40, when we had the big lights, the flames, everything. Fans want to see entertainment.

It's all about making an experience. You go to the movies to see something you've never seen before. You want to get different people out there with different voices. So you see awesome huge spectacle or just a small unbelievable story you've never seen before.

I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.

The world is changing. Social media is a way to sell movies and to build a fan base. The truth is that you have followers because they know you are into it and you're funny and you like it. I think it's great.

As a performer, I want to hit the last row of the arena. I want to make big moves. I'm a spaz, naturally.

I love making movies, I love trying to make them as good as I can, but I feel like sometimes the marketing and publicity around the movie, becomes the most important part of it.