A Quote by John Belushi
I've seen Animal House two and a half times now at sneak previews with a real audience, and the reaction was great.
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The task is to influence and create a reaction in the audience. In my opinion, any reaction of a human being in the audience, I think this is great. It means we touched the person's soul.
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