I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience. There's a fine line you have to tread because you don't know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended. Billy Connolly
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. Rod Serling
I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium. Clive Owen
It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet. Tony Snow