I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an…

I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was hooked. It's…

— Marcus Brigstocke

The audience went from hating me to loving me to hating me to loving me. They probably would have f - ed me then…

— Dick Donato

I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their…

— Dick Van Dyke

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a test screening because I seldom laugh, and if I…

— Todd Solondz

'Tangerine' taught me that if you win an audience over with comedy, then hopefully have a soulful message at the same time.

— Sean Baker

In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs.

— Mike Birbiglia

Compared with what's happening in, say, Darfur or South Ossetia, finding an audience for your comedy show is not that significant.

— Paul Whitehouse

I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.

— Farrah Fawcett

It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need…

— Loretta Swit

You need the audience to become invested in the characters and in order to become invested, they need to identify with the characters... and…

— Jordana Brewster

When you're spending $100-plus million dollars, you need to give the audience what they want.

— Chris Claremont

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.

— Bernie Mac

Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to…

— Rokia Traore

“What do you need your audience to know or do? This is the point where you think through how to make what you communicate…

— Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience?

— Arundhati Roy