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I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening.

What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that out and keep trying.

There is always something wonderful about a live audience.

I'm usually pretty good in front of a live audience. I usually like that.

I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

I do some things just to entertain myself, and I figure that part of the audience will be entertained as well.

I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.

The audience changes every night. You're the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.