I'm
not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.
-- John Lydon Rotten
1957-, British Rock
Musician
It's
the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all
the inanities we commit.
-- Seneca
4 B.C. – 65 A.D.,
Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
The
audience is the most revered member of the theater.
Without an audience there is no theater. Every
technique learned by the actor, every curtain, every
flat on the stage, every careful analysis by the
director, every coordinated scene, is for the
enjoyment of the audience. They are our guests, our
evaluators, and the last spoke in the wheel which
can then begin to roll. They make the performance
meaningful.
-- Viola Spolin
1911-, American
Theatrical Director, Producer
Never
treat your audience as customers, always as
partners.
-- Jimmy Stewart
