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Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous.

You are never too old for applause. What's satisfying is that I'm being appreciated for what I was trained for.

There's nothing nicer than getting a round of applause for turning up for work. It's amazing! You start work, and people clap. Do you know what I mean? And then they stand up and clap at the end.

But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do is stand there and take it.

Years ago, I was performing, and people kept calling out for 'Puppy Love' and I just didn't want to. Then I thought I'd have some fun, so we did this insane heavy metal version of it. The applause was polite.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.