“It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.”
Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden
Halliwell's Filmgoer's and Video Viewer's Companion
“Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Theater
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"Entertainment or Education? (1936)
Context: The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I've felt that way, too. That's the way I am. That's life. That's the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no escape for him. That's great art — Everything is self-evident. I am made to cry with those who cry, and laugh with those who laugh. But the theater-goer in the epic theater says: I would never have thought that. You can't do that. That's very strange, practically unbelievable. That has to stop. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is an escape for him. That's great art — nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
"Entertainment or Education? (1936)
Context: The theater-goer in conventional dramatic theater says: Yes, I've felt that way, too. That's the way I am. That's life. That's the way it will always be. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is no escape for him. That's great art — Everything is self-evident. I am made to cry with those who cry, and laugh with those who laugh. But the theater-goer in the epic theater says: I would never have thought that. You can't do that. That's very strange, practically unbelievable. That has to stop. The suffering of this or that person grips me because there is an escape for him. That's great art — nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.
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Source: Number the Stars
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Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story (1978)
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Interview http://www.thelantern.com/global_user_elements/printpage.cfm?storyid=63845, The Lantern (5 April 2001)
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James Frey book A Million Little Pieces
Source: A Million Little Pieces