If you want to be a stand-up comedian or an artist, you move to New York. — T. J. Miller Copy Share Image
Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
A stand-up comedian will never be the life of a party. Instead, he will be the guy who is standing at a… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor. — Patrick Huard Copy Share Image
I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice. — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22. — Samm Levine Copy Share Image
George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“You can't take a crash course in comedy, there is no crash course in comedy.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I've been in radio, God, twenty years. I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was… — Stephanie Miller Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a stand-up comedian. I consider myself a performer; a comic as opposed to stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedians stand… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
The real focus at first is to just become a good stand-up comedian, and then when you get to a certain level,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I was influenced by a lot of stand-up comedians... Eddie Murphy back when he was doing 'Raw.' I watched that so many… — Ray William Johnson Copy Share Image
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Phunny Business is a breezy, vivid, funny, star-studded and delightful valentine to comedy, entrepreneurship and the All-American impulse to make something out… — Nathan Rabin Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I wanted to do the comic strip. I tried to get it syndicated, and I sent some examples to a syndication company,… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
In the stand-up comedy top, there's room for everyone - if you're good, there's room for everyone. You'll put on your own… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
It's like being a stand-up comedian is what leads to being a talk-show host. That life is not cut out for a… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up. — Stephanie Miller Copy Share Image
I've loved the Internet space in terms of creative content control and ownership, the things I haven't had since I started as… — Kevin Pollak Copy Share Image
I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role. — Marcus Brigstocke Copy Share Image
I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian. — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
Branne's [Pavlovic] parents wanted him to become a taxi driver, but he became a stand-up comedian instead. So they died of shame. — Aron Flam Copy Share Image
“Asking someone else to drive your sports car is like asking someone else to kiss your girlfriend.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
I had to write a comedy set and film a show at the same time. And it's the second time I've been… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be… — Jessie Cave Copy Share Image
This is a dream come true. HBO is the highest echelon in the world for a stand-up comedian to attain. Throughout my… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
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