Audience Quote by Mary Tyler Moore

The thing you realize pretty quickly, though, is that being in front of an audience whose job it is to laugh is a big…

— Eric McCormack

So the laughs had to come from the character, not because we had balloons in our shirts or were speaking in high voices. That…

— Kevin McDonald

The show was written just for us. We all thought we were the prettiest and the funniest.

— Dixie Carter

People don't understand how much time and work it takes to make somebody laugh, and how hard it is to write a script, to…

— Marlon Wayans

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

— Thomas Gibson

The audience always looks for a change. After a spate of action, and romance, now they want to laugh.

— Kovai Sarala

When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the moment they're…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I just looked preposterous. It would be 'King Lear' and I'd walk on with Cordelia's dead body in my arms and the audience would…

— Richard Coles

I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of…

— Sarah Chalke

I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me…

— Cynthia Ozick

My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest to the…

— Steven Weber

I don't mind a crowd's not laughing; it's the groans that slow down the show.

— Dave Attell