Doing Quote by Patton Oswalt

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

I try my jokes onstage. The only way to really find out if something is going to work is to try it on stage,…

— Brian Regan

I think my one of my strengths in standup is my ability to adlib. I do all my best writing on stage. I can…

— Henry Cho

I definitely am a performer, and there are different styles of stand-up; I mean, some people are writers and they get onstage to get…

— Chris D'Elia

I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements…

— Margaret Cho

I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people.

— Jon Hamm

Stand-up comedy is what I do, and it's so rewarding. If you write a joke and tell it to an audience of 15,000 people…

— Michael McIntyre

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer.…

— Hannibal Buress

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front…

— Jerry Seinfeld

The best comedy advice in the beginning of my career was get onstage every night, as many times as possible. It's the only way…

— Taylor Tomlinson

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

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