Certain Quote by Jim Gaffigan

Stand up comedy can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and pounding the…

— Sarah Cooper

Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.

— Sam Kinison

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

— Ali Wong

Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.

— Aziz Ansari

Comedy is the ultimate meritocracy: if you're good at it, you'll have success.

— Tom Rosenthal

Stand-up comedy is like the lowest medium in all of show business in levels of respect.

— Chris Rock

I started to do a study on how not to do stand-up comedy. Yeah, it's lonely work. You die, you die alone. It's you,…

— Jim Varney

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression.…

— Bryan Callen

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

— Tommy Davidson

If you look up the definition of stand-up comedy, it's funny on purpose. A little bit of pressure there. It's basically acting. You're telling…

— Michael Waltrip

Stand up comedy is an odd way to make a living, one that is regularly tinged with both triumph and despair.

— Paul Sinha

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in…

— Mike Nichols