Backgrounds Quote by Billy Connolly

When I was growing up in comedy, there were maybe 10 comics in the whole country. Everyone had a day job. You worked free…

— Elayne Boosler

I don't personally feel comfortable performing in a comedy club, mainly because as an audience member, I've never enjoyed that experience. It feels a…

— Michael Showalter

Comedy clubs sharpen a comic, they're like the gym for us, making us stronger, faster, funnier. Without them every comedy show would feel like…

— Nigel Ng

A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.

— Chris Rock

I didn't go up in a comedy club until I was in my late teens, because I didn't know where to get a fake…

— Taylor Tomlinson

I haven't been offstage for more than two days since I started doing comedy.

— Tony Rock

When I started doing stand-up again, a lot of it was coming from an angrier place, and I quickly learned that doesn't spell a…

— Tom Green

In terms of comedy, I never did five-minute sets or clubs or anything. I just started doing shows. Coming from that theater background, it…

— Tim Minchin

I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on 'The…

— Steven Wright

I started doing stand-up at the age of 20. This was back in 1976, around the time (coincidence?) that the first comedy clubs were…

— Emo Philips

I think of myself as a theatre comic instead of club comic because I tend to talk for a bit before I start being…

— Dylan Moran

In the 70s I started doing my Big Night Out on stage when I was at art school. A friend of mine owned a…

— Vic Reeves