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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
In the mid-1970s, there was this huge boom of stand-up comedy throughout North America. I went to see a show at a… — Howie Mandel 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
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like.… — Jim Dale Copy Share Image
I think people tune in to watch a football game because they want to watch a football game. If they wanted to… — Dan Dierdorf Copy Share Image
I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
How I've fed my kids over the years is by doing stand-up comedy in clubs. — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
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 don't do stand-up anymore. There are no rules in stand-up comedy. Journalists follow plenty of rules. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together… — Gary Gulman Copy Share Image
I have a lot of grandmothers come to my shows, and they love me. I don't think there's much being made that… — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer. — Dane Cook 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 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
“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
For me, stand-up comedy is a conversation between me and the audience. I have to keep them listening. When I'm making jokes… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Have four things going. I have stand-up comedy, two television shows and I'm working on a play. I like to work, and… — Joy Behar 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
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'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
When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It's weird with stand-up comedy. It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident… — Rob Paulsen Copy Share Image
I've been to Canada, and they love - oh my God, they love their stand-up comedy in Canada. I've been overseas to… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image