Asks Quote by Michael Keaton

You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're playing.

— Louis C. K

I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I actually had…

— Emma Caulfield

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I…

— Hal Sparks

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

— Steve Buscemi

With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You have fun,…

— Michelle Buteau

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

— John Oliver

I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was…

— Judy Gold

I tried do stand-up, and I was horrible. And I'll never do it again.

— Sean Hayes

I've never done stand-up; I came via small-scale touring theatre, through the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, then I got employed on that…

— Mark Williams

What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on…

— Natasha Leggero

The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people…

— Aries Spears

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