We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don’t how to interact with people with disabilities. They’re unsure of the ‘right’ reaction, so they default to condescension that makes them feel better in the face of their discomfort.
I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction.
Comedy is harder, because if there’s no laughs, it’s pretty bad. But drama, if there’s no reaction, you can say, ‘Well, it’s not their cup of tea. Maybe it’s too heavy for the audience.’
I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.
When I’m photographing, I think – like any rescue worker who deals with tragedy – you have to have some protective barrier around your heart so you can do your job. You tend to have a delayed reaction to things. I feel things more deeply after I put the camera down.
The world in general doesn’t know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
I have to believe that most people know that ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You’ is my song. But the reaction we get from the audience at ‘Jersey Boys’ is that they didn’t remember how many hits we had. A lot of ‘Oh yeah, I forgot they did that song.’ We had 20 Top 10 hits in the U.S… people forget.
The most charming thing about theatre is that you get an instant reaction from the audience.
Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry.
I’m able to be able to achieve certain things that others aren’t – whether it’s a reaction time or the idea of a coffee that’s about to be spilled and I’m able to grab it before anyone else or whatever it is.
I think that laughter and death are closely related: comedy is the quintessential human reaction to the fear of death. It’s probably linked with the fact that we are the only animals who know we must die.
I’ve always had good hands, but my reaction time is something goaltending helped me with, being able to track the ball at such a fast speed.
The reaction that I got from ‘Diamonds’ I would have expected to get from ‘House of the Rising Sun’ or one of the other songs.
People don’t step outside themselves and make the film they want to make, because they’re afraid of the reaction. But once you get that reaction and have lived through it, there’s nothing they can do to get you down.
Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one’s training.
I really explored self-awareness and emotions through ‘Green Lantern.’ It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We’re all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness.
I’m still astounded by some people’s reaction to things I consider quite normal.
People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.
I guess what led to me writing ‘Holes’ was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.
There will be good and bad, right and wrong. Your reaction of choice, good or bad, has consequences that affect you and those around you.
I love doing the radio, and it’s different every day. But stand-up is just you and the immediate reaction of the audience. So I love both.
I always have a positive reaction to Times Square – you’ve got so many people passing through here, so many cultures, and so many people merging into the central community of New York City. This is the hub of America.
The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.
To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
I think the sooner you take responsibility for what reaction you want to get out of an audience, the better.
I’m always excited to see the reaction of the crowd when I’m playing a new song.
You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it’s humorous, all the attention to it, because it’s hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that’s happened to me.
What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they’re sort of larger than life and I think I’m still suffering from that reaction.
Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I think he saw that I was different. I learned that oftentimes, Spike directs in a sense that he might just stare at you and look at you in a telepathic way of communicating.
When the ball was hit, my first reaction as a shortstop was always go in the direction of the ball. You can’t do that at first base. You go too far in that direction, and it’s hard to scurry back and be ready to pick the throw.
The falsetto stuff, it must be a reaction to the black gospel singers that I really enjoy listening to.
For me, the biggest gauge for success in a project is people’s reaction to it and what they’re saying about it and if they’re sharing it on social media.
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
The task is to influence and create a reaction in the audience. In my opinion, any reaction of a human being in the audience, I think this is great. It means we touched the person’s soul.
I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.
I like people to have their own reaction and their own take on things. And I don’t like to shove my – what I want them to feel or think – down their throats. I like people to say, ‘What was that about?’ or ‘Why did that happen?’ And so, any reactions are welcome.
I don’t think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
Is it or is it not ethical to create an embryo, and to create a person for the purpose of getting an organ to give to someone else? Your knee-jerk reaction is ‘absolutely not;’ but you need the ethical analysis of that to show why and how that is something that you need to stay away from.
The Janjaweed is a truly unfettered bully. No one has stood up to them. If they were met by a mobile quick reaction force of African Union soldiers, the Janjaweed would quickly learn their habits were not sustainable.
As a historian, I’m sceptical about conspiracy theories because the world is far too complicated to be managed by a few billionaires drinking scotch behind some closed doors. But I do think that the voters are correct in sensing that they’re really losing power. And in reaction, they give the system an angry kick.
I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.
Well, thing is, after they cancelled ‘Zen’, I didn’t work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I’ve done something that I’m really proud of and I think changes the way I’m perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing.
I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on ‘Romeo Must Die.’ I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.
It seems that the one thing that doesn’t change is people’s reaction to short-term conditions and their axiomatic ability to perpetuate them far into the future.
In a live show, the reaction to our jokes is instant. You know immediately whether the joke is working or not.
I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I’m really working on him about that.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
I try not to get too rattled about things that aren’t that important – there’s a different outburst for when the kids are reaching for a knife in the kitchen versus the reaction I have when they just won’t stop talking. And my wife and I have mellowed out as we’ve gone along.
Tanveer is one character which people love to hate. I am overwhelmed by the reaction my character has garnered across various platforms, which gives me an assurance that my efforts have paid off.
I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things I agreed with. I would not have had that reaction if, say, Bernie Sanders decided to rebel out of principle and support privatizing Social Security.
I think there are some folks who don’t particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.
There’s nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.
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