Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show… — Joe Rogan 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
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
Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin,… — Mike Nichols 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
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
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
“I don't know if you've noticed, but our two-party system is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the mirror.” — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I'd been doing some light-beer commercials for Budweiser and Coors, and I was doing stand-up comedy. I wanted to get into the… — Kevin Nealon 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
Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a… — Bo Burnham 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
I was doing stand up comedy when I was 11, that's how I got started; not because I wanted to do comedy,… — Shia LaBeouf 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 was a very special child. I did stand-up comedy. I did it all. My family didn't understand. 'Aren't you tired?' I'm… — Alessandra Torresani Copy Share Image
My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are… — Pauly Shore 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
“Sahl was never a great comic. His nervous, jabbing, keep-them-off-balance delivery was the strategy of a man who was not comfortable in… — Albert Goldman 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
As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I… — Tim Allen Copy Share Image
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