I am Quote by Lolly Adefope

I wanted to do standup, but I was too nervous. I felt it was too vulnerable basically to be yourself on stage.

— Lolly Adefope

I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

— Big Sean

Getting on stage doing standup anytime is hard. You never know what you're going to say. You live and die on your next word.

— Eddie Griffin

I've never been afraid of being vulnerable on stage. It's a large part of life, and I think it's being dishonest to disallow an…

— Nigel Hawthorne

People were telling me I should do stand-up. I would just shake it off. One day my friend bet me some money to go…

— Deon Cole

I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it…

— Anthony Jeselnik

You know, when you do standup there are certain requirements that you have to do like you have to go on stage and when…

— Larry David

I always thought I wouldn't do well on stage.

— Deepti Naval

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 think once I found stand-up, it was like, 'Oh... this is so much better than acting! I get to perform but I get…

— Taylor Tomlinson

When I'm speaking on stage I feel my most empowered and my most vulnerable. So much could go wrong. That tension is such a…

— Danielle LaPorte

Standing on a stage where you dont know whether to go for it or let it go.

— Munif Gulroo