Standup Quotes
71 quotes by 57 authors
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I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one musical act of…
— Todd Barry
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As a standup comedian, I've worked almost every New Year's Eve of my adult life. It's the best-paying night of the year.
— Elayne Boosler
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This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup…
— Nick Cannon
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I know now for a fact that improv can't hold a candle to doing standup. It's not the same buzz, it just isn't. It feels…
— Ron James
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I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job…
— Jeff Dunham
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I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys.
— Bernard Goldberg
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The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.
— Shelley Berman
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I'm not a standup. I don't really have jokes. I don't have 10 minutes. It took a while for me to realize this.
— Julia Sweeney
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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get…
— Mackenzie Crook
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If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie?
— Howie Mandel
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You’ve got to believe you can be a standup before you can be a standup. You have to believe you can act before you can…
— Eddie Izzard
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NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.
— Leonard Maltin
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In 27 years doing this, I've seen a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo.
— Louis C. K.
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Hopefully standup will become special again.
— Marc Maron
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I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
— Marc Maron
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It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it…
— Marc Maron
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Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.
— Aubrey Plaza
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It seemed like the right time. You reach a point when you say to yourself, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ There are other…
— Joy Behar
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No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.
— Jim Gaffigan
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Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.
— Shelley Berman
Who Wrote These Standup Quotes
57 authors contributed a total of 71 Standup Quotes, led by these top contributors: