Comedy Quote by Lolly Adefope

But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do…

— Jay Mohr

When you're sitting in the theater watching your own work be performed, you get to see people's reactions immediately. Unlike with a book, you…

— Stephen McCauley

A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and…

— Andy Samberg

Comedy is actually very hard. It's hard to choose those moments and know when you can really push it, and know when you should…

— Gerard Butler

Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'

— Jay Chandrasekhar

As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to…

— Patton Oswalt

In comedy you feel you need to go back to the theatre every now and again, you feel you need to go back to…

— Mathew Baynton

When I do something good, the audience lets me know immediately. They laugh. That's it.

— Chris Rock

The most charming thing about theatre is that you get an instant reaction from the audience.

— Supriya Pathak

When you go out there to do comedy, you feel like you're doing battle with the audience a lot of the time. You're either…

— Rob Riggle

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy,…

— Matthew Lillard

I started doing comedy just as myself, because I thought, "This is what's expected, you're meant to tell stories and do observations." And then…

— Chris Lilley