From the Onion AV Club’s interview with Louis C.K.
AVC: When you’re taping in front of a live studio audience, do you find you’re playing to them as much or more as the people at home?
LCK: It’s not so much that you’re playing to them, it’s just that they tell you what’s working. It’s like doing stand-up. You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It’s like they’re the instrument you’re playing. It’s that intimate of a relationship, and they’re that essential to each other.
I just really liked that phrase; ‘It’s like they’re the instrument you’re playing’.
May 25, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Playing the Audience Like an Instrument
storyrobot, my favorite improv blog, points towards this quote from comedian Louis C.K.AVC: When you’re taping in front of a live studio audience, do you find you’re playing to them as much or more as the people at home?LCK: It’s not so much that…