After Quote by Dylan Moran

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together to watch…

— Gary Gulman

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience;…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

People get into stand-up comedy by and large because they're smart and they have a perspective.

— Dana Gould

If you look up the definition of stand-up comedy, it's funny on purpose. A little bit of pressure there. It's basically acting. You're telling…

— Michael Waltrip

When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people…

— Jim Gaffigan

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in…

— Mike Nichols

Sometimes I start off shows by explaining to people that it's just a bunch of stories - I always say 'It's like standup, just…

— Ari Shaffir

It's nice when I can be met with warmth and enthusiasm, but doing standup comedy has taught me how to push through the fact…

— Josh Gondelman

Standup comedy is fun. I mean other than having to experience the excruciating lonlieness and unacknowledged sadness that results in funny.

— Dov Davidoff

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage…

— Ted Alexandro

I don't think stand-up comedy is becoming too serious, in fact, I wish it was. We are still mostly doing frivolous stuff.

— Varun Grover

Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or…

— Bo Burnham