Guts Quote by George Carlin

I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.

— Margaret Cho

When you're onstage, it's a communication technique when you make people laugh. You're communicating. You're communicating with other human beings and when they laugh…

— Brian Regan

When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the moment they're…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

— Steven Wright

On stage, it is a tremendous thing to be able to make people laugh. But one of the things that I have always loved…

— Roger Bart

When I do something good, the audience lets me know immediately. They laugh. That's it.

— Chris Rock

When I walk out on stage, I don't know who's in the audience. To me, in my little fat skull, the laugh is just…

— Dave Coulier

Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.

— Lorraine Bracco

I've felt very comfortable on stage and love making people laugh. It's that kind of addictive thing where you get a laugh and you…

— Lucy DeVito

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time…

— Twyla Tharp

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

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response…

— Arthur Smith