Comedian Quote by Chris Rock Download Open image “Nobody really wants to be a stand-up, they want to get on TV.” — Chris Rock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Tvs Want
When you're doing stand-up, you achieve an intimacy with the audience you can't get on TV. There's not a better feeling in the entire… — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show. — Jack Black Copy Share Image
I really like doing stand-up, because it gives you an immense amount of freedom. You haven't got anyone telling you what to do. It's… — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Most stand-up is incredibly boring. It's time for people to do something else. — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people… — Aries Spears Copy Share Image
Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it? — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Nobody ever says, 'Hey daddy, thanks for knockin' out this rent.' 'Hey daddy, I sure love this hot water.' 'Hey daddy, it's easy to… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and the best… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You can't think the thoughts you want to think if you think you're being watched. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are always talking… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
My mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know … I don’t really want to get into it, but my… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
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