Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic, masks fall away, faces become vulnerable, receptive. Filmgoers do not defend their emotions, rather they open to the storyteller in ways even their lovers never know, welcoming laughter, tears, terror, rage, compassion, passion, love, hate—the ritual often exhausts them.


Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting (ed. Harper Collins, 2010) - ISBN: 9780062039828

Robert McKee Quotes

Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic, masks...

Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic, masks...

Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic, masks...

Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic, masks...