Audience Quote by Allison Janney

If you can get the crew to laugh on a show, you know that you're doing something.

— Kevin Clash

You do what you're supposed to do, but you have to be honest about what they're doing. When you do a comedy show on…

— Joe Rogan

When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping…

— Dane Cook

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits…

— John Cleese

My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or not?

— Andrew Rannells

There are so many different ways of making people laugh and sometimes you sit down to watch something that everyone says is hilarious and…

— Limmy

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

— Norm MacDonald

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

I've stopped doing things that aren't clear comedy gigs - to do something that's not "comedy night," it's a difficult thing. People have to…

— Simon Amstell

There are quite a few very funny people in my life. You know those people who don't mean to be funny, they just come…

— Tori Amos

I think I'm not uber into the comedy scene, but I love to laugh, especially in our business, where you're always front and center…

— John Cena

Indeed, there's nothing remotely comfortable about having to be funny in front of a 300-strong live studio audience to record a television show that…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer