I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.
I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue.
I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.
There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a bit frightening to think that all I'm doing is jokes and yet someone hates me that much.
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.
I talk kinda slow, especially for the Northeast, so it was a way to beat (would-be hecklers) to the punch.
There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.
My timing is so precise a heckler would have to make an appointment just to get a word in.
You can spend your time on stage pleasing the heckler in the back, or you can devote it to the audience that came to hear you perform.