Beat Quote by Jon Richardson

When I started out doing comedy, I was still in college and was working day jobs. I taught preschool for a few years. And…

— Josh Gondelman

I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

— Hal Sparks

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

— Tracy Morgan

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other…

— Pauly Shore

I loved stand-up, but I never thought you could do it as a job.

— Romesh Ranganathan

Ive been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

— Hal Sparks

The only reason I got into stand-up was because my brother told me to. I had no idea what I was going to do…

— Adam Sandler

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer.…

— Hannibal Buress

I started doing stand-up in high school and knew I was funny, but I didn't think it was something I could actually do full-time…

— Taylor Tomlinson

I like stand-up. I've done it since I was a teenager, so it's kind of my first job and first kind of creative way…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front…

— Jerry Seinfeld

Stand-up is a real art form in itself and one that I really think to be good at you have to devote your entire…

— Rob Corddry