Audience Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

Part of standup is being loose and having a good time yourself and that translates to the audience.

— John Mulaney

From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you.

— Maysoon Zayid

Standup is essentially part of your personality with the volume turned up.

— Tom Segura

When you're doing stand-up, you achieve an intimacy with the audience you can't get on TV. There's not a better feeling in the entire…

— Bill Engvall

I get to do stand-up every single day. I love that live energy exchange between the audience and myself, and to get to say…

— Ellen DeGeneres

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more…

— Elayne Boosler

Standup is like shorthand. Every bit must be both brief and profound or the audience will lose interest.

— Johnny Lever

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.

— Billy Gardell

Standups always like the room cold, and if you're shooting a sitcom live you want it a little bit chilly for the audience. I…

— Jesse Armstrong

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they…

— Dave Chappelle

The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people…

— Aries Spears

I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we…

— Tim Allen