Attention Quote by Frank Caliendo

What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that…

— Maggie Carey

If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will…

— Steve Coogan

If you can mix glamor and gags, then you can catch the audience twice over.

— Benny Hill

A lot of people that are always trying to be funny and "on" and performing are just hiding. It's just a cover for what…

— Manny Montana

Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working…

— Sergio Aragones

Making people laugh is easy for me. I'm quite proud of that. But I'm prouder of silencing an audience for a minute because they're…

— Ricky Gervais

Every comic will tell you that a lot of crowds play differently to different social commentary. Some people are really uptight about stuff like…

— Andrew Santino

It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try…

— Matthew Bourne

The nice thing is to make an audience laugh and laugh and laugh and shudder later.

— Elaine May

Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.

— Keith Johnstone

The audience loves when the comedian talks to them. You're creating inside jokes, which creates a community.

— Wendy Liebman

If someone has an ability to impress an audience there's a tendency to be tempted into doing just that.

— Michael Sheen