Audience Quote by Kevin Nealon

Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of…

— James Burrows

I know what I want to talk about, but I don't really know what's funny about a joke until I perform it in front…

— James Acaster

You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join in before…

— Franklyn Ajaye

It's very interesting, the joke comes first and then the wording comes within five seconds, maybe ten seconds. My thing is to get the…

— Steven Wright

I think, in a film that's supposed to last an hour and a half, I think you have to really pay attention to what…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

That's the thing about comedy, there's something utterly delightful and slightly pure about a really good joke, and to create one is a great…

— Sean Lock

I want people to just be paying attention even if they're not necessarily laughing at something, or if it takes them a while to…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I just love that part of comedy, where you see somebody's jokes develop. They try something new to see what works, and I just…

— Maria Bamford

When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I'd watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and…

— Cheryl Hines

If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with…

— Christopher Guest

Always warm up the audience with a joke....If you are not a particularly funny person, make sure that you inform them that it's a…

— Jacob M. Appel

You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people.

— Dave Barry