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
Stand-up is not just an American thing anymore. It's global. In some places, stand-up comedy is brand new. South Africa has only… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. — John Hodgman 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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 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
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
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
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
My passions are stand-up comedy, hard rock and metal, and baseball and the Mets. — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer. — Dane Cook 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
I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes. — Felipe Esparza 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 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 don't do stand-up anymore. There are no rules in stand-up comedy. Journalists follow plenty of rules. — Jason Whitlock 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
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
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
“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
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 go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. — Riz Ahmed 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
