Bit Quote by Kevin Heffernan

When I come out to do my stand-up set, I pretty much get bombarded with lines from movies. You try to play off it…

— Kevin Heffernan

I don't really like doing big stand-up. Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up. I've seen…

— Norm MacDonald

Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.

— Norm MacDonald

Stand-up keeps you on your toes because it's instant. With TV and movies, you have to wait for the numbers to come in to…

— Mo'Nique

One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.

— Ethan Hawke

I can get a script and go, "Well, I'd rather do stand-up." I don't hold movies in higher regard. I love making videos and…

— Sarah Silverman

Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I…

— Oren Peli

I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.

— Patrick Wilson

All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise…

— Larry Cohen

People should genuinely care about stand-up. I'm not doing this just so I can do x, y, and z on TV. It's an art…

— Tom Rosenthal

Stand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst.

— Melissa Peterman

When you're doing stand-up, you achieve an intimacy with the audience you can't get on TV. There's not a better feeling in the entire…

— Bill Engvall