What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous.
The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.
There's nothing nicer than getting a round of applause for turning up for work. It's amazing! You start work, and people clap. Do you know what I mean? And then they stand up and clap at the end.
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.
If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.
There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!
Applause, it's very nice, of course. But when you're giving, and creating, and then there is the silence of everyone sitting there, listening, waiting, that is great.