I was a screenwriting major in college, and really wanted to do that after I graduated, but there are no job listings… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I mean, there's an aspect I've always said that is - it's, you know, it's not poetry but it's kind of like… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Last night I didn't realize I said "abortion" in my stand up comedy act instead of "circumcision." No wonder I got blank… — Ben Rosenfield Copy Share Image
I went from an unemployed actor's life to doing stand-up comedy, and that was fortuitous. It's not the usual way the crow… — Catherine Tate Copy Share Image
You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of -… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I missed the whole thing [X-files series]. And I know it went for nine seasons, and I think I saw bits and… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I started to do a study on how not to do stand-up comedy. Yeah, it's lonely work. You die, you die alone.… — Jim Varney Copy Share Image
But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
Do it [stand-up comedy] because it feels like the right thing to do. Do it because you don't want to do anything… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
To me, being brave is an element that is so important with stand-up comedy. It's not essential. There are many comics who… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I don't like stand-up comedy that requires a lot of props. I really respect people who can walk out onstage alone and… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
When it comes to English stand-up comedy, Indians have only seen the best - Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby and the like. So,… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
I kind of thought that stand-up comedy would suffer from the Internet because people seem to know more about the craft of… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Stand up comedy can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
The two things I understand best are stand-up comedy and martial arts. And those things require an ultimate grasp of the truth.… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I really don't want to do anything that resembles stand-up comedy. But I will agree to say that I am doing it,… — Lucas Neff Copy Share Image
Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of… — Keenen Ivory Wayans Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy - I love this job, and I gotta tell you, folks - knock wood - it's been working. 'Cause I… — Carol Leifer Copy Share Image
If you tell the reader it's funny, then the audience is like an audience at a stand-up comedy club and they expect… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms… — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I was writing stand up comedy for TV for around 5 years and just wanted to attempt it myself. Vir Das started… — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
I felt like there was something wrong with me in my twenties but, when I started doing stand up comedy, I learnt… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I thought if I could do stand-up comedy well enough, I could parlay it back into films - like Charlie Chaplin and… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and… — Bryan Callen Copy Share Image
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally,… — Nolan North 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
“There's a lot of guys up there who like wearing a suit or try doing jokes that they think will play to… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I'm doing stand-up comedy. I'm working on a one-woman show about how I don't like my baby. There is a period of… — Mary Lynn Rajskub Copy Share Image
I grew up in a pretty strict household in the sense that we just didn't have cable, so I wasn't familiar with… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
![“I missed the whole thing [X-files series]. And I know it went for nine seasons, and I think I saw bits and pieces of it in maybe season seven or eight or something, and then was very busy doing whatever else, stand-up comedy and stuff throughout the world. Now I'm watching the show right from the…” quote by Rhys Darby](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/348/rhys-darby-12111_bits_i-missed-the-whole-thing-x-files-series_57503.jpg)
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