About Quote by Chris D'Elia

I've always as a performer on stage tend to sort of throw myself into the character, whatever I've written about, so it depends on…

— Gavin Friday

A lot of people get into stand-up as a back door into acting or something. But I really like writing jokes and telling jokes.

— Ali Wong

Most of what I like doing in performing is connecting with an audience. What's the point of doing standup if you're not doing that?

— Rose Matafeo

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

— Pauly Shore

With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You have fun,…

— Michelle Buteau

I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements…

— Margaret Cho

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

When you're doing standup, it's just you. It's your written jokes. You perform it however your personality is.

— Tony Rock

Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't think they really get it. So: 'Yeah, I…

— Charlyne Yi

Even when I do comedy, since I have no training in stand-up, I always approach a character like a character and not like a…

— Sunil Grover

I've always tried to do things a little bit before they were being done by the mainstream. I challenge myself to do that in…

— Tom Green

I think as a performer, it can be really great to stand on stage, especially when you have more time, but I do think…

— Demetri Martin