Audience Quote by Joel Osteen

If you take stands in any way and people feel that you have any success in - a following, why those who disagree with…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Part of standup is being loose and having a good time yourself and that translates to the audience.

— John Mulaney

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

From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you.

— Maysoon Zayid

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

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

Standup is like shorthand. Every bit must be both brief and profound or the audience will lose interest.

— Johnny Lever

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

I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.

— Walter Cronkite

People are scared to take a stand. If you do take a stand you receive backlash.

— Liz Cambage

Most of what I like doing in performing is connecting with an audience. What's the point of doing standup if you're not doing that?

— Rose Matafeo

The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people…

— Aries Spears