Stand-Up Quotes

295 Stand-Up quotes by 176 unique authors

In my stand-up, I generally improvise from an outline. — Jeff Garlin
It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about,… — John Oliver
You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. — John Oliver
Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around. — Jack Whitehall
I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though. — Jack Whitehall
I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan. — Steve Harvey
I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy. — John DiMaggio
Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny. — Doug Stanhope
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out… — Nolan North
The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically sick. — Peter Serafinowicz
I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. — Riz Ahmed
I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22. — Samm Levine
I love doing radio, and I love doing stand-up, obviously. — Bill Burr
Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just… — Greg Giraldo
Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would bomb… — Patton Oswalt
You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident… — John Oliver
Stand-up comedy is a lot about amplifying emotions and situations; movie acting has a lot to do with mellowing things down and making them subtle.… — Vir Das
The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. — Pauly Shore
Any comic like myself owes everything he has to Lenny Bruce. He was the originator. The godfather of uncensored American stand-up is clearly Lenny Bruce. — Joe Rogan
Stand-up is hard. Or to keep it at a certain level is hard: I have no writers but me. — Jerry Seinfeld
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line. — Demetri Martin
The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion. — Mike Birbiglia
A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms embarrassing, too, because… — Tracey Ullman
I always say that the stand-up world is the arena of the unwell, and it is. — Johnny Vegas
I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-up. — Chelsea Peretti

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