Comedian Quote by Eddie Griffin Download Open image “Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.” — Eddie Griffin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Comedy Humor Psychology Science
Stand-up is therapy. I'm sure every comedian has something wrong with them. — Lee Evans Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A lot of comedic things are a real science - comedy has so many layers that I, at least, didn't see before working inside… — Renee Rapp Copy Share Image
I don't come from a comedy background or a stand-up background, but I think that sometimes there's a misconception that an actor who works… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is something that you have to strive to do, multiple times a night, every night, to be good. — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I always think stand-up is the most brutal environment for a comedian. — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night. — Tommy Davidson Copy Share Image
Biggest man law - be a man. Simple: be a man, definition of being a man is being a man. And don't let your… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
After my first 'One Night Stand' on HBO, I lost my focus. I was mad at the world. I would have meetings with directors… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
I'm a comic and I'm having way too much fun with the comedy. I do the music for myself. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Makes no matter if I'm performing in a grocery store, you're always gonna get 150%. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
I don't go to the running of the bulls because I don't like being chased by bulls. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
When I'm telling jokes, I'm constantly in motion. I can't stand in one place. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Those series from the '70s and '80s with a studio audience are dead. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
The devil is a fun character to play because he's everywhere and no where all the time. — Eddie Griffin 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
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. The Book of Woe is a profound, and profoundly entertaining, riff on malady, power, and truth. This book is for those of us (i.e. all of us) who've ever wondered what it means, and what's at… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share
For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
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