You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.
I'm always trying to make myself laugh. I'm the most enthusiastic audience I'm likely to find, so if it doesn't make me smile then it probably won't work on you. The jokes that only make me shrug get cut.
I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think is a little better - but not put you down or just perplex you in the process.
Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves.
Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.
I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.
I try to make the majority of my audience laugh. That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist.
You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.