Attention Quote by Esther Povitsky

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 was always really shy growing up, so to find that one thing that made me feel alive, it felt so good. I realized…

— Melissa Villasenor

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 was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it…

— Natasha Leggero

I was so thankful that I got to go back to comedy and I felt bad that I had abandoned something that I guess…

— Sandra Bullock

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

— Rudy Ray Moore

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

— Samm Levine

At this point in my life Ive done a lot of things from stand-up to my own television show for five years to successful…

— Martin Lawrence

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.

— Joely Fisher

I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.

— Jenny Slate

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

Before I started doing standup, I knew that I had what it takes to develop an act. I went down to clubs with not…

— Charlie Murphy