Aspect Quote by Bryan Callen

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

— Ali Wong

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

— Dov Davidoff

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

— Mike Nichols

You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This…

— Hannibal Buress

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 can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and pounding the…

— Sarah Cooper

At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with.

— Brett Gelman

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 started to do a study on how not to do stand-up comedy. Yeah, it's lonely work. You die, you die alone. It's you,…

— Jim Varney

You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of - at least…

— Jim Gaffigan

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