Bob Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

— John DiMaggio

When you're young, you obviously have people you look up to. People like Andrew Oldham and Nile Rodgers inspired me then, and they inspire…

— Johnny Marr

A lot of people inspire me. I'm a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence…

— David Gordon Green

Be one who influences and not instigates, be one who is pure and not prejudiced with focus on your character and not just charisma,…

— Annu Ratha

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

— Tracy Morgan

For me, I've always tried to be a stand-up individual.

— Phil Heath

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

— Roger Craig Smith

One thing about being a stand-up is it's a one-man show. You gotta do everything. You're the producer, writer, director, and the actor. You…

— Nick Cannon

In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking…

— Eddie Izzard

People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I…

— Lauren Alaina

All I can do is be myself, do what I do and if people find inspiration then that's great but it's not what I'm…

— Laurel Hubbard

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one…

— Kevin Hart