Audience Quote by John Oliver

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

— Johnny Vegas

When you do stand-up, you're just concerned with trying to leave with some semblance of human dignity at the end of your performance.

— John Oliver

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

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

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

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

When you're doing stand-up, you achieve an intimacy with the audience you can't get on TV. There's not a better feeling in the entire…

— Bill Engvall

I think the public doesn't understand that one of the reasons I haven't stood up for myself is because in order to do that,…

— Paula Broadwell

Stand-up in general is the most raw form of entertainment. There is no pyrotechnics or back-up dancers, it's just live and die by your…

— Dustin Diamond

I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have…

— Patton Oswalt

People were telling me I should do stand-up. I would just shake it off. One day my friend bet me some money to go…

— Deon Cole