Death Quote by Julian Barratt

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

— Rita Rudner

I've always been into stand-up, and I always wanted to be a comic because it was like the dream job as a kid, and…

— Tony Rock

I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out…

— Joe Rogan

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we…

— Alan Rickman

To be honest, I wasn't the best stand-up comic.

— Bradley Walsh

Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in…

— Al Pacino

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians,…

— Harvey Pekar

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

— Johnny Vegas

The only negative about doing stand-up is that you're on the road by yourself. When you're on the road with comics we just crack…

— Jeff Foxworthy

Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.

— Jason Alexander

When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling stories, so…

— Mike Birbiglia

Very early on, I met this one comic who said if you're not doing stand-up every night, you're not doing it. And so I…

— Michelle Wolf