Geoffrey Boycott Quotes

You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.

I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and what movies cost. It seems to me to be beside the point. When I go to a movie I really don't want to think about the money. I want to see the story.

Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories.

I long for the time when the public service will get onto a higher plane than that of serving political parties, and come to serve the public interest instead.

Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to than he who has no object in view other than the public benefit.

The public always wants to be told.

Sport has bercome entertainment....actors play to the crowd; players play to their teammates

The social media thing is insane: the constant engagement with the public, not even just your fans. It's not really about the music; it's about how you can be seen.

I never want to bore the public.

I think 'Billy on the Street' is a big show, but why do a show if you won't make it original and unique and powerful?

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

In Test matches, you have to play consistent cricket for a period of time.

A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere.

A stage show's popularity depends on its organisers and the public, but primarily on the performer.

Whenever you can evoke a strong emotion and want somebody to tune in, whether it's to see you win or get beat up - and I've been on both sides of that - it's a win.

We don't look at 'Maha Kumbh' as just another serial. We would like viewers to see what we see. We haven't had a game-changer on Indian television for a very long time. We hope this one will make difference to the way audiences look at the home-viewing medium.

When I am filming dramas, I lean towards doing what the public wants to see from me.

In white-ball cricket the conditions do vary, but throughout Tests it varies a lot more in a five-day game, and home advantage becomes more prevalent in Test cricket.

I don't understand the public, but I do believe the public is oversold and underrated every day. Give the people something interesting, something to chew on, I say.

If the public doesn't receive what you say, people can start to build your brand for you.

Some shots people won't think are right but I want to give the crowd a good show and get new people into the sport.

There's plenty of people I don't like that we put fights on with. It's not up to me whether I like them or dislike them, it's what the fans want to see.

If you really see how many live shows are going on... you can start to do things that are out of the ordinary.

I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we want to see if we were a fan sitting in the audience?'

Almost every single one of my fights was the fight of the night and the public was always interested in watching me compete.