Stand Up Comic Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

• If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression. — Jim Carrey
• I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take… — Margaret Cho
• In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as… — Vincent Canby
• I'm not a joke guy; I'm not a stand-up comic. — Eugene Levy
• 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
• Look, you know, you can't please everybody. I'm a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn't matter how funny you are and how well you… — Billy Gardell
• I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic. — Scott Raab
• A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are. — Phyllis Diller
• I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to… — Ian Mckellen
• Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy. — Al Pacino
• I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it. — Rita Rudner
• Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner. — Jerry Seinfeld
• I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too… — Tracey Ullman
• Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might… — Alan Rickman
• My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able… — Graham Norton

Who Wrote These Stand Up Comic Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 16 Stand Up Comic Quotes as follows:

• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Phyllis Diller
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Ian Mckellen
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Al Pacino
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Rita Rudner
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Jerry Seinfeld
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Tracey Ullman
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Alan Rickman
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Graham Norton
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Jim Carrey
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Margaret Cho
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Vincent Canby
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Eugene Levy
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Dave Attell
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Billy Gardell
• 1 Stand Up Comic Quote by Scott Raab