Quotes & Jokes about Audience / page 6

For a short period of time, I was like, "I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them." And then eventually, I was like, "Oh no. It's absolutely my job to convey to people why what I think is funny, is funny. The whole point of standup is to get the audience to understand your weird point of view.

I think the audience should take away that it’s okay to be smart, it’s okay to be funny and well-learned. You can be from academia and be funny; you don’t have to be an idiot.

Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal you are, the wider your audience.

When I've mentioned things that I thought only happened to me, or thoughts that I felt had only had crossed my mind, the audience response indicated that they seemed to have happened to, or been thought of by many people.

It's easier to do comedy with an audience, because their reactions tell you whether or not what your saying qualifies as comedy.

I have to satisfy my audience.

An offended audience member repeating a comedian's act from memory is worse than, literally, anything.

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience.

I wanted to be the best that I could be, first for myself, then for an audience. I love to see a smile on somebody's face... If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that's bigger than anything else.

Sadly, the worst audience I ever had were my parents.

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.

Sometimes shit comes out your mouth that you don't expect! All you need is a goddamn witness. An audience is a goddamn witness.

I've never been one to sit back and go, "I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them."

I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.