Comedy Quote by Hasan Minhaj

When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people…

— Jim Gaffigan

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

— Ali Wong

Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or…

— Bo Burnham

As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah.

— Charlie Murphy

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

— Brion James

I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do stand-up.

— Seth Rogen

Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are?…

— Howie Mandel

Standup comedy is fun. I mean other than having to experience the excruciating lonlieness and unacknowledged sadness that results in funny.

— Dov Davidoff

I'm glad that that era of stand-up is over, because I think it adversely affected a lot of people who could have been really,…

— Patton Oswalt

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung…

— Steve Buscemi

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together to watch…

— Gary Gulman

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