Audience Quote by Jeff Garlin

Every comedian feels out an audience. As you're telling jokes, if they're not laughing at this, you change the subject.

— Jackie Mason

Comedians are therapists. People honestly think we're doing it for ourselves. No. If we wanted to do stand-up for ourselves, we would perform in…

— J. B. Smoove

The personal boundaries, I think for comedians they're a little bit different anyway, but I think people - feel free to do stuff -…

— Brad Williams

Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of…

— Ted Alexandro

People tend to feel that if you're a comedian, you can't act.

— David Jason

What I love about comedians is their instinct is always to go against the grain. Their whole existence is pointing out the elephant in…

— Colin Quinn

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind of terror…

— Barry Humphries

Few comedians can go to their shows and have people yell out bits that they want to hear. It's like going to see your…

— Anjelah Johnson

I'm honored that other comedians like what I do. That means the world to me. But at the same time when I'm on stage…

— Brian Regan

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

— Wendy Liebman

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

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going…

— Louis C. K