Audience Quote by Paddy McGuinness

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

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

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

— Bob Newhart

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

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more…

— Elayne Boosler

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

— John Oliver

When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show for an…

— Joe Rogan

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several…

— Judah Friedlander

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other…

— Pauly Shore

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

I don't think it's necessary to do stand-up to be a presenter, but I like it, because it keeps me sharp, especially when something…

— Paddy McGuinness

I like doing live stand-up because that's where I started. If you do TV and radio you just send it out into the ether…

— Hugh Dennis