Audience Quote by Dave Rubin

The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it's so straightforward and simple. If the audience don't laugh, you didn't do your job.…

— Marcus Brigstocke

There's only one rule in stand-up, which is that you have to be funny. Yet 99 per cent of comics look and talk exactly…

— Bo Burnham

A lot of people think stand-up comedy is one person performing to an audience, but I love it more when it's a dialogue, an…

— Rosie Jones

There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a…

— Marcus Brigstocke

I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes.

— Michael Caine

I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of…

— Peter Cameron

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

— Chris Hardwick

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

— Shel Silverstein

There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that. The audience…

— Sean Lock

It's weird because standup can be like therapy. Comedians can't be satisfied with just having fun with our friends. We've got to figure out…

— Artie Lange

For me, stand-up comedy is a conversation between me and the audience. I have to keep them listening. When I'm making jokes about cake…

— Jim Gaffigan

Seriously, if you want to get inside the head of a stand-up comic, you could do a lot worse than reading Steve Martin's Born…

— Al Murray