Can do Quote by Amy Hoggart

I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone…

— Amy Hoggart

I've always been into stand-up, and I always wanted to be a comic because it was like the dream job as a kid, and…

— Tony Rock

I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out…

— Joe Rogan

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

— Carol Leifer

I listen to a lot of standup comics.

— ContraPoints

I'm very much influenced by your traditional comic book artists like Jack Kirby, Alex Toth and Walter Simonson. Their styles were sort of what…

— Tim Fish

When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. I enjoy pushing my characters…

— Dana Carvey

I had always functioned with dignity, wanting to appear intelligent, macho, never vulnerable or insecure. But now I realize that... a part of these…

— Leslie Nielsen

My stand-up is more like how I am in real life. I don't really do a character thing in stand-up. It's just a bunch…

— Zach Galifianakis

I'm really attracted to playing strong, outspoken, sassy women. And I love playing characters who have a little bit of conflict or who can…

— Darby Stanchfield

I've been doing stand-up for a few years, and I have a handful of fans just from stuff I've done, like 'Last Comic Standing.'…

— Nikki Glaser

My wife is also a standup comic, so it's something for me that's awesome. She's a beautiful girl. I really married above my level.…

— Ralphie May