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Stand-Up Quotes by Denis Leary
- George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will…
- If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.
- Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians…
- I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater,…
More Stand-Up Quotes
- Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone… — Eric Bana
- I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could… — Roseanne Barr
- I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all… — Roseanne Barr
- When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian… — Roseanne Barr
- I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute. — Lewis Black
- My touring has never stopped; from the time I started doing stand-up, I've been on the road. — Lewis Black
- Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great… — Lewis Black
- I think comics in New York are interested in being comics. And there're comics in L.A. who are touring comics, who are… — Lewis Black
- I've been very lucky. There are guys I know who are really terrific in this business of stand-up who have not gotten… — Lewis Black
- Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's… — Elayne Boosler
- I've never been able to write for stand-up. — Elayne Boosler
- I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they… — Jo Brand