Appeal Quote by Ian Ziering

It's the best thing in the world to be onstage, but not when you can barely stand up.

— Ida Maria

I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have…

— Patton Oswalt

Richard Lewis has this incredible ability to look like he's just... you know it's an act that's been honed. What you have to do…

— Artie Lange

Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's…

— Janeane Garofalo

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

— John Oliver

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be -…

— Gary Kemp

The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do.…

— B. B. King

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

— Myles Kennedy

When you're accustomed to doing stand-up, so often you're the only person onstage and it's all your thing. It's very gladiatorial. Obviously, when you're…

— Jon Stewart

Onstage, it's all just a heightened and more elaborate version of me. When you're standing onstage, your adrenaline is going, your enthusiasm is at…

— Dane Cook

I'm really fond of strength onstage and I'm not a small person. I'm 5'9'' and 190 lbs. - you can't really go on stage…

— Danielle Colby

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it…

— Patton Oswalt