Viewer Reactions Quotes

When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it.

Some people watching CNN were so shocked they started rioting. No, I'm kidding. No one watches CNN.

I have had viewers that come up to me, and they're, like, "You know, we used to watch ('Breaking Bad') as a family, and once the melted body came falling through the ceiling, my mom was just, like, 'I can't watch this show anymore. This is just way too disturbing for me.' So it's not for everybody.

I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.

It's not usually that great of an idea to read lots of reviews of your movies, because even if somebody's saying nice things, there'll still be something in there that pushes the wrong button, and it's not really that helpful.

When we started the show, there were mixed responses. Half of the people said, 'That show doesn't have a chance.' The other half said, 'That show doesn't have a prayer.'

When you sit and watch the film with an audience, the focus groups and the cards and all of that is the less what you're worrying about. When you watch a film with an audience you see what is working and what's not working.

I think test screenings with an audience are useful because they have no dog in the fight, they just say how they feel.

With TV, you film something and have to wait six months to scrawl through Twitter to see what people think.