I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Charlie Sheen is to stand up comedy to what Larry Flynt is to standing up. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
There's so much you can achieve with a launching pad like stand-up comedy. You can literally go from acting to hosting to… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“I found a gray hair on one of my testicles today. No, it wasn't mine, but it's frightening.” — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man. — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through… — Joe Flaherty Copy Share Image
I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I don't think stand-up comedy is becoming too serious, in fact, I wish it was. We are still mostly doing frivolous stuff. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
Stand up comedy is an odd way to make a living, one that is regularly tinged with both triumph and despair. — Paul Sinha Copy Share Image
You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I've seen stand up comedy, and after a while you start to notice that a lot of people are doing things that… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is a lot about amplifying emotions and situations; movie acting has a lot to do with mellowing things down and… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
I think that people who do enjoy my stand-up comedy and the people who get it and the people who are taken… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
“This is the material, by the way, that has kept me virtually anonymous in America for the past 15 years. Gee, I… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
My road to success was a long road to success was a long road. You get out of something what you put… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
The beautiful thing about podcasting is it's just talking. It can be funny, or it can be terrifying. It can be sweet.… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
About a year after I moved to Los Angeles, I decided I wanted to be a joke writer for a late night… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
The whole acting and Hollywood [thing], it's just work to me. Stand-up comedy ruins you so badly for doing television. I don't… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I made a career goals list for 2017 and it's so funny. I have low self-esteem or something, so I put both… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that they only seem to mention things in the Bible that are within a 5 mile radius of… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
My passions are stand-up comedy, hard rock and metal, and baseball and the Mets. — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you… — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy;… — Dean Norris Copy Share Image
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Doing stand-up comedy is in the middle of a traffic jam getting everybody moving again. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State. — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
I started doing stand-up when I was 15 and doing Letterman when I was 20. So I've been doing stand-up comedy and… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up,… — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
On MySpace ... the whole demographic of the stand-up comedy fan has changed. It's like an indie band thing. People think they've… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
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