Audience Quote by Adrian Lester

People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human nature. You…

— Erik Griffin

Really good comedians, you know, when they go on stage, they don't really care what the audience - they're fearless, you know? They're so…

— Aziz Ansari

Some people are brilliant at being comedy actors and if you're a comedian I think there's a perception that, if you're acting at something…

— John Bishop

I think you develop strong instincts when you're a comedian. You have to pay your bills by making people laugh every six seconds... or…

— Byron Allen

As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm…

— Larry the Cable Guy

The scariest thing about screening a comedy if you screen a drama, you know, there's no real way to tell in real time if…

— Tim Heidecker

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind of terror…

— Barry Humphries

Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh.

— Robyn Hitchcock

I think that's part of being a comedy writer. You have to be confident. If you're sitting around worrying about, like, oh my God,…

— David Mandel

The fact is that comedy is actually too serious to be taken seriously. It may be that comedy touches such deep emotions that people…

— Abe Burrows

Comedians have the ability to feel other emotions.

— Bill Burr

It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.

— Vince Vaughn