Everyone Quote by Michelle Buteau

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 started standup and did it the way I wanted it to look. I did my thing and realized it made me happy and…

— Michelle Buteau

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said…

— Eric Bana

I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

— Steve Harvey

In my early years doing standup, I bombed a lot.

— Josh Gondelman

The only reason I got into stand-up was because my brother told me to. I had no idea what I was going to do…

— Adam Sandler

Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.

— Larry David

Stand-up wasn't a calling. It was more like, 'What can I do that isn't going to make me really depressed?'

— Josh Widdicombe

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

— Sean Hayes

Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my place in…

— Chris D'Elia

Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money.

— Ali Wong

I honestly think I'll never be as good at stand-up as I was when I went through a horrible breakup.

— Rachel Sennott