Viewer Reception Quotes

You can say that all you want, but even in the little time that I've been in this industry, I've learned that it isn't exactly what you expect, so you've got to have a level head. I thought people would dig it. I thought people would enjoy it. It's AMC. I thought people would be fans. But, I did not think we would be the best new show on television.

If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why would he bother to make the film? The only explanation would be that it would be an act of masturbation. I think that every creator is looking for a receptor. He's looking for an audience. There are two parts of the equation: a creator and, necessarily, the receiver of the work. It's the same thing for a painter who wants his paintings to be seen.

There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.

I think what people think about my films depends on the film they see. It's all different and opinions are all different.

Seeing any film after I have made it is difficult.

Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.

I'm always thinking about the viewers.

The best thing you can hope for, when you make a movie and you put your soul into it, is that people respond to it well.

Nobody's going to like my next movie because they liked Trainwreck [2015]. It has to work on its own, and that keeps it really scary.