Stand Up Comedy Quotes

53 quotes by 43 authors

I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did a stand-up comedy… — Amanda Bynes
When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be… — Dean Norris
Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession. — Aziz Ansari
Have four things going. I have stand-up comedy, two television shows and I'm working on a play. I like to work, and I fear that… — Joy Behar
I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion.… — Joy Behar
I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State. — Dana Carvey
I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing… — Dave Attell
I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy… — Eugene Chadbourne
A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that… — Johnny Knoxville
I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks. — Madonna Ciccone
I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because… — Dane Cook
I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things. — Dane Cook
When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer. — Dane Cook
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… — Denis Leary
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,… — Denis Leary
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in… — Steve Martin
I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just… — Dennis Miller
The two things I understand best are stand-up comedy and martial arts. And those things require an ultimate grasp of the truth. You have to… — Joe Rogan
It sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the joke, and she… — Tao Lin
Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up… — Chris Tucker

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