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Studio people are idiots. Until they see someone else doing it and make a success of it, they don't open their minds. Most of them are idiots.

I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.

I guess you'd have to say that sometimes the audience is smarter than the critics.

Audiences are smarter than ever; they know if filmmakers cheat an environment.

Your audience is a lot smarter than you realize.

And the general opinion is we are much better on stage than in the studio.

I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

Studio people are bright. Empowering. They don't want to have to interfere creatively. That's their horror story, too.

You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank.

Audiences can be very judgmental.