Never Quote by Hugh Dennis

Even our early audiences were very polite. It felt like playing in our living room. I remember the audiences changing in front of me.…

— Bill Ward

I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like…

— Tinie Tempah

My style was always to put the audience in the driving seat, so they feel they're a part of the action.

— John Glen

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

— Carter Burwell

When I started doing stand-up in the late eighties, that was not an uncommon thing, that people dressed for the stage. I've seen that…

— Paul F. Tompkins

I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up.

— Mary Hart

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

— Steve Buscemi

I couldn't ever stand up in front of an audience on my own and talk to them. It would be awful; I couldn't bear…

— Vic Reeves

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

Some people are good at performing in front of people like that, but I'm uncomfortable at it. I think maybe that's the difference between…

— Kristen Stewart

When you're accustomed to doing stand-up, so often you're the only person onstage and it's all your thing. It's very gladiatorial. Obviously, when you're…

— Jon Stewart

I've always been a bit dressed up, even on casual days. I suppose that's the performer in me.

— Danielle de Niese