Ted Dwane Quotes

And it was so special, and to tell you the truth that's how I feel about the whole thing, I mean when I meet someone that has watched the show, and it has brought such joy to them, it just makes you feel so good.

I think good entertainment makes you feel something... it can be a variety of different feelings.

There is always something wonderful about a live audience.

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.

When you hear people scream because they're about to hear a song that has been a part of their life, there's nothing like that.

People have cried at a couple of shows. To think that someone could do that for me... Jesus Christ. That's a crazy sign.

Giving people the opportunity to sit in a dark theater together and have emotions in public, whether they're laughing or crying - that's what makes me happy.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk to the crowd, like, 'Come on, let's really connect here.' I don't think a lot of people understand it's a two-way exchange. Some people go to a show and are like, 'Yeah, you make me feel.' That's not how it works.

First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'.

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I'm so happy I did a nice thing.

A lot of people loved to hate my character on 24. I want to be the character people love to love.

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

When you feel an audience engaged and surprised and enthusiastic, reacting to what you've planned, that is the reward. It's better than the Emmys.

Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.

When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.

When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love.

What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.

No one - apart from my agent, perhaps - should leave one of my shows in tears.

All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.

Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.

The game is if the orchestra can hear each other, they play better. If they play better and there's a tangible feeling between the orchestra and the audience, if they feel each other, the audience responds and the orchestra feels it.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.