Embarrassing Quote by Aisha Tyler

I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of…

— Peter Cameron

Really, though, I just want to make the kind of comics I wouldn't be embarrassed to read in public.

— Jamie McKelvie

The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be…

— Joe Rogan

The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it's so straightforward and simple. If the audience don't laugh, you didn't do your job.…

— Marcus Brigstocke

Comedy has traditionally been about fear of embarrassment.

— Marco Roth

A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms embarrassing, too,…

— Tracey Ullman

It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I…

— Daniel Clowes

You can only be embarrassed if you allow yourself to be embarrassed. If you embrace it and just accept that you're kind of a…

— Stephen Merchant

I think there's a lot of wonderful comics that leave you hanging in a state of apprehension or anxiety before alleviating that tension with…

— Carrie Brownstein

The whole idea of comedy, there is nothing normal about going up on stage to make strangers laugh. But I'm also not an exhibitionist…

— Jim Gaffigan

There's only one rule in stand-up, which is that you have to be funny. Yet 99 per cent of comics look and talk exactly…

— Bo Burnham

It's quite frightening; the business of trying to be funny is very hairy. In comedy, the potential for humiliation is huge. Trying to be…

— Emily Mortimer