--- title: "1 Different Audience Quotes By Rik Mayall" description: "1 Different Audience quotes by Rik Mayall. Plus more from Rik Mayall and more Different Audience sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/rik-mayall-20580_audience_you-perform-for-a-different-audience-eac_175633.jpg" --- > [You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/you-perform-for-a-different-audience-each-night-people-who-don-t/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/rik-mayall-20580_audience_you-perform-for-a-different-audience-eac_175633.jpg) ## More by Rik Mayall > [“Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/crop-rotation-in-the-14th-century-was-considerably-more-widespread/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/you-perform-for-a-different-audience-each-night-people-who-don-t/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/when-i-was-young-i-saw-some-of-my-heroes-doing-it-on-the-telly-we-re/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/as-i-see-it-there-s-mainstream-comedy-and-then-there-s-me-out-in-the/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/bring-me-another-bad-one-and-i-shall-protect-my-british-people-i/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-don-t-have-moments-of-weakness-i-m-rik-mayall/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/with-1-000-seater-venues-rather-than-5-000-seaters-there-are-richer/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-have-always-tended-toward-extremism-i-m-motorhead-rather-than-reo/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/on-stage-you-can-group-200-people-together-and-scare-them-or/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-would-love-to-do-more-on-the-stage-having-actual-contact-with-the/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-was-in-a-coma-for-five-days-i-was-dead-longer-than-jesus-before-he/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-had-a-very-happy-childhood-happy-teenage-years-and-i-was-famous-by/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I've always had live audiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-ve-always-had-live-audiences/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [Storytelling has always been one of my great pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/storytelling-has-always-been-one-of-my-great-pleasures/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) > [I live on the limit, Vyvyan. The limit, because I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rik-mayall/i-live-on-the-limit-vyvyan-the-limit-because-i-m-a-rider-at-the-gates/) [Rik Mayall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rik-mayall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-audience/rik-mayall/#itemlist", "name": "1 Different Audience Quotes By Rik Mayall", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You perform for a different audience each night. 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