“The audience creates its own personality, I've noticed, in the first five minutes. They will either be generous, funny, silly, withholding, academic, analytical, grudging. And I'm fascinated with how that gets constructed, because it happens right away.” FirstsHappensAudienceFiveMinutesPersonalitySillyGenerousFascinatedAcademicFive MinutesWithholding Author:Laurie Anderson
“I had been self-publishing for a number of years at that stage and selling my books at markets around Melbourne - little pocket books. I'd make them for 10 cents and sell them for a dollar. But I knew there was an audience who loved silly stuff so I just kept plugging away.” YearsLittlesBookSelfStuffNumbersAudienceStageSellsDollarsSillySellingPocketsCentsPublishingMelbourneSilly Stuff Author:Andy Griffiths
“I try not to "perform." I try to come on stage and be myself, to sing the way I would in a room by myself, to interact with the audience the way I would relate to them if we were in my kitchen drinking tea and making up silly songs. Maybe the way to get past the fear of being ourselves is simply to try it more often.” IfsWayTryingPastSongRoomsAudienceStageDrinkingSillyTeaRelateKitchenMaking UpDrinking Tea Author:Bobby McFerrin
“There's something therapeutic about connecting with an audience - when there's something really sort of odd or silly that you think is funny, and conveying it to an audience.” ThinkingAudienceSillyOddConnectingTherapeuticConveying Author:Eugene Mirman