Finding Quote by Greg Davies

For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually,…

— Eugene Mirman

Stand-up comedy is what I do, and it's so rewarding. If you write a joke and tell it to an audience of 15,000 people…

— Michael McIntyre

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

If I tell a joke on stage and the crowd laughs for a minute, I stand there for a minute and enjoy them laughing…

— Anthony Jeselnik

Honestly, it's really hard improvising and it's really stressful and humiliating at times. You're taking really big swings that potentially are eating up a…

— Seth Rogen

I know what I want to talk about, but I don't really know what's funny about a joke until I perform it in front…

— James Acaster

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

— Debra Winger

I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub.…

— Ricky Gervais

I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience -…

— Dominic Holland

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

That's the nice thing about doing stand-up. There's no development, you just go out there and get an immediate response as to whether something…

— Paul Reiser