Audience Quote by Hannibal Buress

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

— Bernie Mac

Black audiences are probably the toughest for me to make laugh. I've gotten pretty good at performing for them, but it's still a challenge.

— Neal Brennan

With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.

— Johnny Vegas

You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're playing.

— Louis C. K

Getting on stage doing standup anytime is hard. You never know what you're going to say. You live and die on your next word.

— Eddie Griffin

I'm very much looking forward to getting back on the road - there really is nothing like performing stand-up in front of a live…

— John Bishop

Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach.

— Joel Osteen

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

— Pauly Shore

A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is…

— Zach Galifianakis

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.

— Tracy Morgan

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