An aspiring comedian must be determined to get to his or her true feelings on a subject and convey that to the… — Franklyn Ajaye 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 sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did… — Amanda Bynes 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
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
A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview… — Terry Wogan 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
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
I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a… — Joy Behar 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
Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep… — Robert Klein 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
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
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
“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
People need to write articles and they need to have angles in them and I'm grateful when people are doing articles, but… — Jim Gaffigan 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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 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
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
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