“As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.” LongSilenceAudienceLaughingStageHugeComfortableJokesReactionsComedianCherish Author:Patton Oswalt
“Some celebrities, it's interesting, because they're fantastic playing a character when somebody is writing the lines for them, and they're amazing actors, but they're not as comfortable on television in front of a live audience and just having a conversation and being themselves.” WritingCharacterActorsLinesInterestingAudienceFrontsTelevisionConversationComfortableFantastic Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I am not quite comfortable with people identifying themselves as my fans. You know nothing about me. You have just seen me perform in a film. How can you be my fan? If I have to tell you honestly, I want an audience and not fans.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFilmAudienceFansComfortableHonestlyIdentifying Author:Kangana Ranaut
“I come out before an audience and maybe my house burned down an hour ago, maybe my husband stayed out all night, but I stand there. ... I got them with me, right there in my hand and comfortable. That's my job, to make them comfortable, because if they wanted to be nervous they could have stayed home and added up their bills.” IfsHomeHandsWantedJobsNightHouseHoursAudienceHusbandComfortableBillsNervousMy HusbandBurnedAll Night Author:Fanny Brice
“When I perform in front of large audiences, I'm much more comfortable, because I've already performed in front of tiny audiences - which is much harder, honestly. The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.” SongAudienceFrontsDependsComfortableHarderTinyHonestlyArrangements Author:Alicia Keys
“I think people get too comfortable, in just doing what they do every week. And I'm all about challenge and change, and I like to read the audience.” PeopleThinkingChallengesAudienceWeekComfortable Author:Trish Stratus
“Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.” ActorsVoiceClassAudienceCreativeComedyFrontsComfortablePerformancesTheaterBackgroundsProducersFearlessPerformingCompetentHandyStand Up ComedySelf ConfidentLive PerformanceLive TheaterPerforming Live Author:Rob Paulsen
“I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.” KindEnjoyAudienceComfortablePerforming Author:Chris O'Dowd
“I'm finding myself very comfortable talking to medical audiences, and proving to them that underlying the material fields of the universe are force fields.” UniverseForceTalkingAudienceFieldsMaterialsProveComfortableFindingsMedicalFinding MyselfForce Fields Author:Deepak Chopra