Belly Quote by Konnie Huq

I never did stand-up. If I've been funny ever, it was with other actors.

— Valerie Harper

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.

— Steve Buscemi

Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline,…

— Jim Jefferies

Growing up, I didn't really watch a lot of standup. I didn't know you could be a low-energy comedian. It was something I did…

— Dan Mintz

I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have…

— Patton Oswalt

I remember seeing Letterman do stand-up on 'The Tonight Show.' Or, it's probably more accurate to say, I remember hearing him do stand-up, because…

— Steve Rushin

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

— Steve Buscemi

When I started stand-up, the people I admired most were the people who were the most themselves onstage.

— Paul F. Tompkins

Before stand-up, I'm not sure I even had a point of view.

— Michelle Wolf

Ken Russell was wonderful to me. I'd heard all these things about how he'd yell and scream at people, but I found him to…

— Ann-Margret

I am a Russell Brand fan. I'm one of the few people who think he did a cracker-jack job in 'Arthur.'

— Catherine Hicks

There seems to be a weird ceiling to being a stand-up as far as acting.

— Jay Mohr