Character Quote by Nick Kroll

I always feel like you don't do comedy for the special - you do the specials so you can do comedy. That's like a…

— Michael Che

I have a half-hour special on Comedy Central, but so many people have half-hour specials now, and it's not so 'special.'

— Josh Blue

It's very rare to be able to do a show where the most important thing is being funny.

— Natasia Demetriou

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience;…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

I don't think my comedy is that political. It's more social. But whatever. When you make comedy and you do stand-up, you work alone.…

— Chris Rock

I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder…

— Dana Carvey

Some people do specials, like, when they've only been doing comedy for three years or something. Which is fine! But I'm kind of old…

— Ali Wong

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

— Clay Aiken

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression.…

— Bryan Callen

I don't think stand-up comedy is becoming too serious, in fact, I wish it was. We are still mostly doing frivolous stuff.

— Varun Grover

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely…

— John Bishop

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel