Johnny Vegas Quotes

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

I just love engaging a live audience - I love that.

At the age of 11 I did my first open mic show, and it was one of those lightning-bolt moments where I suddenly found what I wanted to do.

I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.

Sometimes I start off shows by explaining to people that it's just a bunch of stories - I always say 'It's like standup, just less funny.'

I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me.

I definitely enjoyed being in front of an audience, making people laugh, and telling stories, so when I realized I could do all three at the same time, that was it.

Some guys like myself, we like to play off the crowd.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

When you walk out in front of an audience of over 70,000 people, you've got to be on your game. They deserve it.

I like to do talk show appearances where I get to just be myself, and I do stand-up where I can completely be myself. That's what I've always loved the most, of anything.

Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

When you do comedy, you get impervious to good and bad reviews.

I don't know what Tracy Morgan does onstage, but I can assure you, it's no act.

I can tell how I'm doing, and I can tell if the crowd is particularly dead.

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.