Audience Quote by J. B. Smoove

Stand-up comedy is a different game all together. You have to improvise on the spot if you feel that the audience isn't enjoying your…

— Johnny Lever

I was once doing an improv show and it was my turn to jump on stage and I fell on my face. It's a…

— Brea Grant

With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You have fun,…

— Michelle Buteau

I had to write a comedy set and film a show at the same time. And it's the second time I've been up on…

— Zach Anner

When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.

— Aubrey Plaza

Improv requires your audience to be informed about what improv is. With stand-up, anybody can sit down and watch stand-up and laugh at jokes.

— Kurt Braunohler

Going on stage is a performance, it's an act; you're playing a version of yourself. I don't give it a lot of thought. I…

— Lee Mack

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely…

— John Bishop

The thing that's frustrating about improv is that even if you have the best show in the world, it's over when it's over. You…

— Michelle Wolf

I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd…

— Ryan Stiles

There's something that happens whenever I see a brilliant show, where I just want to get up on stage.

— Adrian Lester