Adult Quote by Bo Burnham

For me, stand-up comedy is a conversation between me and the audience. I have to keep them listening. When I'm making jokes about cake…

— Jim Gaffigan

I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like a part…

— Uma Thurman

Standup comedy is fun. I mean other than having to experience the excruciating lonlieness and unacknowledged sadness that results in funny.

— Dov Davidoff

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

I think comedy is a place where we can work on connecting more as people. That's what I really like about doing stand-up, especially…

— Melissa Villasenor

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

If you look up the definition of stand-up comedy, it's funny on purpose. A little bit of pressure there. It's basically acting. You're telling…

— Michael Waltrip

Stand-up comedy is something that you have to strive to do, multiple times a night, every night, to be good.

— Ali Wong

I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do…

— Seth Rogen

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in…

— Mike Nichols

Growing up, I didn't know anything about comedy and didn't know anything about comedians or what standup was. I grew up in the projects…

— Carlos Mencia

I grew up in a pretty strict household in the sense that we just didn't have cable, so I wasn't familiar with what stand-up…

— Hasan Minhaj