Audience Quote by Desmond Morris

What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people.

— Jordan Peele

It does not do to laugh at the pangs of youth. They are very terrible because youth has not yet learned that 'this, too,…

— Anonymous

As a teenager, the idea of running around, screaming at people was very appealing to me.

— Rege-Jean Page

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

— Etta James

Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to…

— Ken Dodd

Especially now, with 'Glee,' it's allowed a lot of kids to love music and performing at a young age. All ages watched 'American Idol,'…

— David Archuleta

The audience works as such a mob. They either all laugh or all don't laugh, and, you know, changes from audience to audience.

— Sarah Silverman

And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.

— Todd Barry

The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.

— Magic Johnson

With teenagers, the emotions are higher and things are more dramatic. That doesn't mean adults don't also act like children in their own way.

— Sara Shepard

Everybody is a teenage idol.

— Barry Gibb

It's a delightful thing to do, to entertain kids. They're a completely different audience because of their total lack of irony. You're always after…

— John Lithgow