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

— Ali Wong

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

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 a really lonely profession: you 'perform for 2000 people, then you go to a hotel room by yourself and stare at…

— Anh Do

A lot of people think stand-up comedy is one person performing to an audience, but I love it more when it's a dialogue, an…

— Rosie Jones

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up…

— David Steinberg

Improv is a fun thing to do on stage with others, sketch comedy is a great way to showcase your writing and acting, while…

— Quinta Brunson

At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with.

— Brett Gelman

When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would…

— Dean Norris

If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident…

— Judah Friedlander

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

— Chris Hardwick

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