Louise Jameson Quotes

When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film.

You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.

The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.

I'm obsessed with audiences and obsessed with the journey that an audience goes on.

There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good.

Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk out on stage, and you have a minute to hook them, or they'll start booing. As a writer, it's very similar. A reader doesn't have time to say, 'I'll give him 50 pages, as it's not very good yet, but I hope it'll get better.'

To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride.

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.

I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time.

It's people politics, people dynamics that make a show really good, whether it's 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Lost' or 'The Sopranos.' It's the people we've grown to love or otherwise.

I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going to love and be entertained by.

There is a great insatiable hunger for good stories throughout the media.

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out.

I'm very focused on 'Dexter' right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

I think that's what we're all trying to do as actors, is create some sort of passion from people and allow them to have something to really care about and something they enjoy and look forward to on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, whatever it is, where you get to sit down and escape.

The whole format of 'Game of Thrones' is that you just don't know what to expect.

People in the metros are busy making ends meet, but through my films, I like to give the reality of life a skip, and choose concepts which will give audiences a stress-free two-and-a-half hours.

Wrestling needs to be about the art form again. It needs to be about painting a picture and having a really good match.

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.

A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should be able to erase the names of the characters saying the lines and still be able to know who said it. If you can't do that, the show will fail.

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

I feel like people want to be surprised when they get out of the movies. They want something thrown at them they didn't expect. They want stuff that reminds them of the feelings that you get when you're watching art house movies but with the fun of like a big summer movie. That's the goal, I guess.

I think it's more interesting to throw people into a story and let them catch up instead of explaining and feeling like you have to slow down for them. I think audiences, for the most part, they don't want to be ahead of you.