Comedy Quote by Elayne Boosler

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 comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.

— Dominic Holland

I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up.

— Neal Brennan

Stand-up comedy is something that you have to strive to do, multiple times a night, every night, to be good.

— Ali Wong

You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This…

— Hannibal Buress

There's a real freedom in being involved in a comedy. You can lean into the silliness of who we are as people.

— Harris Dickinson

Comedy is allied to justice.

— Aristophanes

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

Stand up comedy can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and pounding the…

— Sarah Cooper

If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

— Judd Apatow

You can't teach standup comedy. You can teach someone how to formulate a joke, but making it funny is different.

— Jermaine Fowler

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