Acquired taste Quote by Marc Maron

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

— John DiMaggio

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

— Paul F. Tompkins

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

— John DiMaggio

One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that…

— Robert Klein

I really, really love stand-up.

— Michael McIntyre

I love standup, but it's self-indulgence. Me saying what I think and thinking people should listen to it.

— Tom Rosenthal

Stand-up was interesting to me at the beginning, because I was trying to parody it. My early stand-up was really Andy Kaufman-esque, and then…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.

— Billy Gardell

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

— Steve Buscemi

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they…

— Dave Chappelle

I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry around, because…

— Jim Gaffigan

I love standup and I haven't given it up.

— Ray Romano