Comedy Quote by Matt Besser

We did the 'MacGruber' Super Bowl spot for Pepsi, which generated some outside interest. We have a sketch where a guy blows up after…

— Jorma Taccone

I did a lot of standup from ages 19 to 24 but then stopped to focus on sketch with Broken Lizard.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I love doing different things where, for a little while, I can focus on standup then sketch writing, then performing, then directing a video.…

— Kyle Dunnigan

People get recruited from sketch groups and put on 'Mad TV' and 'SNL,' but those aren't ensembles, they're all-star teams.

— Matt Besser

A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of…

— Carly Craig

It's weird because standup can be like therapy. Comedians can't be satisfied with just having fun with our friends. We've got to figure out…

— Artie Lange

I do standup once a year, when I host the CMAs.

— Brad Paisley

People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only got into this business to do…

— Al Madrigal

My standup's very gross and vulgar and brassy. There's a lot of screaming.

— Sarah Sherman

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

— Pauly Shore

I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.

— J. B. Smoove

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

— Roger Craig Smith