Character Quote by Jean Kerr

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

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

Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I…

— Michael Frayn

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting…

— Steve Coogan

The smaller an audience is, the more self-conscious they are. People are always looking at each other to see who is laughing. Because the…

— Baron Vaughn

I don't mind a crowd's not laughing; it's the groans that slow down the show.

— Dave Attell

It probably does make it more difficult to enjoy a good laugh at someone who's onstage, seemingly yelling at you. But I'm not yelling…

— David Cross

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

— Thomas Gibson

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

One aspect of play is the importance of laughter, which has physiological and psychological benefits. Did you know that there are thousands of laughter…

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Steven Wright