Audience Quote by Wendy Liebman

Few comedians can go to their shows and have people yell out bits that they want to hear. It's like going to see your…

— Anjelah Johnson

A lot of times, people will have after-parties or try and host an event for comedians, and they misunderstand us. They think it should…

— Tig Notaro

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

— Ted Alexandro

Every comedian feels out an audience. As you're telling jokes, if they're not laughing at this, you change the subject.

— Jackie Mason

What I love about comedians is their instinct is always to go against the grain. Their whole existence is pointing out the elephant in…

— Colin Quinn

A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up,…

— Nick Kroll

I love comedians. They're my community.

— Louis C. K

Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.

— Jeff Garlin

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

— Aziz Ansari

The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a comedian you…

— Margaret Cho

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

— Anonymous

As a comedian, you have to say something that people relate to, or nobody laughs.

— John Bishop