Oz Pearlman

And doing that is making it all about them.

Like when I do my shows, if you come watch my show, the audience is the star of the show.

I don't mean that in a cliche new age way.

I mean, literally, I don't have a show without the audience.

I'm panning for gold and my version of gold is genuine, authentic reactions.

People freaking out and other people, even if you're not in observing that and feeling that same feeling because wonder is kind of universal.

Music isn't, comedy isn't, there's almost nothing that is universal.

There's a few things, right?

But wonder is one of them that's like hardwired into our DNA.

I think that's 100% true.

And the power of silence that people don't really observe or realize.

And it took me so many years.

A comedian, if they step on their own jokes, if you tell another joke while people are laughing, it's known as stepping on it.

You're taking away some of their laughter.

You're taking away some of the feeling.

You cut it short.

It took me years and years to realize that when people start reacting in a performance...

I stop because it will continue.

Sometimes it's an avalanche that continues.

And in fact, we're shooting pretty soon a special.