I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Generally, I've found that a heckler in an improv audience is just enjoying the show so much that they want to be in it.
I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.
I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.
I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.
I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show.
I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.
It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.
There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly acceptable to make a comment on your appearance when they don't even know you.
I've never been heckled. I think because I look too small and vulnerable. Sometimes I look out into the audience and see pity in their eyes, so I guess those people may be the ones who would shout something out if they didn't feel so sorry for me.