My dad loves to be talked about, good or bad. He just loves it. He's not even hearing the content, he's just hearing him. When I'm onstage, he's looking at the audience members and can't believe that there are strangers listening to me, and he's just delighted by the whole thing.
The audience works as such a mob. They either all laugh or all don't laugh, and, you know, changes from audience to audience.
It's just hard to say, "Well, I do this, which means this." If I'm telling you exactly who I am, then there's nothing for the audience to say.
I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.
You have to take the chance to bomb and disappoint audiences.