Appearance Quote by Ralphie May

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

— George Jean Nathan

There's a guy in the audience with a distinctive laugh. I hope that guy is miked. The only problem with having a distinctive laugh…

— Mitch Hedberg

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits…

— John Cleese

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

— Bobby Darin

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side.…

— Robin Williams

Without the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian.

— George Carlin

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

— John Ratzenberger

Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.

— Ted Alexandro

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

— James Lipton

Comedians are great at laughing at themselves, we really are. We mock everyone else and we can take it as well.

— Paul Whitehouse

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

— Alan King

There's not many comedy characters that make me laugh as much as The Rock does; it's nice to have a big muscly guy being…

— James Acaster