Stand Up Comic Quotes
16 quotes by 15 authors
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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
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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
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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
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I'm not a joke guy; I'm not a stand-up comic.
— Eugene Levy
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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
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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
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I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic.
— Scott Raab
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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
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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
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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
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I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.
— Rita Rudner
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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
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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
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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
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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: