About Quote by Dick Cavett

I remember seeing Letterman do stand-up on 'The Tonight Show.' Or, it's probably more accurate to say, I remember hearing him do stand-up, because…

— Steve Rushin

Growing up, I didn't really watch a lot of standup. I didn't know you could be a low-energy comedian. It was something I did…

— Dan Mintz

I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians.…

— Adam Sandler

I never did stand-up. If I've been funny ever, it was with other actors.

— Valerie Harper

I used to do stand-up, actually. I had a ten-minute routine I did for a thing called 'Stand Up for Labour' where we'd go…

— Sadiq Khan

I remember Johnny Carson laughing effusively when I made my 'Tonight' show debut in the early 1970's as part of a sketch comedy group…

— Fred Willard

Like most comedians, I started stand-up because of hardship. My dad was ill and dying, and then I found this thing that helped me…

— Janelle James

I have been lucky enough to work in all kinds of comedy. I prefer working with other people. I could never do stand-up.

— June Whitfield

I can't quite give standup all the time and attention that I did early on that I'm so grateful for. But back then I…

— Esther Povitsky

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

— Bob Uecker

Stand-up is still my job. That is the thing I wanted to get into when I was 21. You cannot beat the immediacy of…

— Jon Richardson

When I first realized that I wanted to be a stand-up comedian was when I was in the service.

— Rudy Ray Moore