Always Quote by John DiMaggio

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

— John DiMaggio

Stand-up was interesting to me at the beginning, because I was trying to parody it. My early stand-up was really Andy Kaufman-esque, and then…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I was always fascinated by the stand-up comedy shows from my childhood.

— Tejaswi Madivada

One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that…

— Robert Klein

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.

— Marc Maron

When I started doing stand-up again, a lot of it was coming from an angrier place, and I quickly learned that doesn't spell a…

— Tom Green

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made friends, so…

— Bill Burr

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

— Brion James

I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.

— Jenny Slate

I've never done stand-up; I came via small-scale touring theatre, through the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, then I got employed on that…

— Mark Williams

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub