The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it. — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
At Evergreen you can create your own major and your own classes. So I actually studied stand-up comedy. — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
I took a job in a comedy club - not doing stand-up comedy, because that's my idea of hell, but in the… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. — John Hodgman 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
New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard. There is so much history… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
It's exciting to be able to do something completely independent without anybody challenging it, and it's a big part of the reason… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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
I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out… — Johnny Knoxville Copy Share Image
Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
“I found a gray hair one of my testicles the today. No, it wasn't mine, but it's frightening.” — Dave Attell 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
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
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
Here's a woman, a real pioneer for other women looking for careers in stand-up comedy. And talk about guts - she would… — David Letterman 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 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 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
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
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
Dylan Moran, my favourite comedian, was walking down the street in Edinburgh. I nearly got run over as I sprinted up to… — Lady Amelia Windsor Copy Share Image
