Viewer Reaction Quotes

People know I'll be sensational, not scandalous. There's a fine-line difference. Sensational means titillating the viewer. Scandalous means being condemned by the viewer for making unfair, uncouth revelations.

The films of Gregg Araki may not be classified as horror, but they have been known to horrify viewers.

I've been in situations where someone has told me that my video made them uncomfortable. This was a straight man, and I really don't want to have to worry about making him uncomfortable. I should really be worrying about my own comfort and me putting out the best art that I can.

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.

A lot of times, you finish a movie, and you're either going, 'Oh, thank God, that's over,' or 'Oh, my God, it's over, and I don't want it to end.'

I started crying 20 seconds into the movie and didn't stop till it was over.

Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me.

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.

You don't want to watch a film for two hours that depresses you or makes you think so much it evokes a negative reaction.

I was hugely disappointed that 'Whites' was cancelled.

Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding.

How can educated and sophisticated viewers react so differently to a work of art? Is it just Kulture Klash? No, since most of the time there's no Klash at all. On the occasions when we disagree, it may be because we're looking for different things in dance.

I sometimes think it's better to go with a bad movie that is true to a certain point of view than to take something and make people try to like it when they're not supposed to.

'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

At my first exhibits, people were saying that's just a light on the wall.

I've been missing playing Pragya ever since I started shooting as Munni. I hope viewers will be happy to see their favourite character Pragya back on 'Kumkum Bhagya' and will welcome me back with the same love they have been showering all this time.

I don't want people to feel: "Why am I watching this? It's sick and sadistic." I want people to watch and think it's scary but they can't wait to see what happens next. I also wanted to make a movie that was watchable.

You can never predict what an audience is going to respond to and what they're going to watch.

We like the fact people who watch the telecasts get excited about something they see.

You're very aware in the theater by the response you get, but not so much on television, obviously.

So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.

To me, the stories that have always intrigued me are the stories of people leaving my movies and being affected by them. They walk home 20 blocks the wrong way. Or they lock themselves in their office. Or they find themselves weeping when in the shower after the film. And those intrigue me, because I know I've touched something inside them.

I don't usually read my reviews. I've noticed older reviewers are much more bothered by the plot complications. Younger reviews don't seem to be bothered by the complications at all.

People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that.