Always trying Quote by Bill Maher

I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'

— Chris Gethard

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

There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think but I'm…

— Jim Jefferies

If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident…

— Judah Friedlander

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience;…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

— Lucille Ball

There's a real freedom in being involved in a comedy. You can lean into the silliness of who we are as people.

— Harris Dickinson

Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are?…

— Howie Mandel

Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.

— Dominic Holland

As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for your livelihood and your well-being. And if you…

— John DiMaggio

But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on,…

— Evan Davis

Sometimes the funnier you are, the more vulnerable and scared you are underneath it all. So I think, for me, comedy was always a…

— Whitney Cummings