I prefer it when I can intimidate the audience rather than the audience intimidate me. I've been lucky in my career to have both.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.
You want the audience to be uncomfortable.
I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.
I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.
If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
To me, it's important to try and make an emotional connection with the audience.
When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.
Usually, I'm just pleasing myself and I have very similar tastes I think to an audience, what that core audience really likes.
You either entertain an audience or you don't.
It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.