Alternative Quote by Patton Oswalt

Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're…

— Jane Levy

The Internet has done nothing but good for comedy all around. Comedians no longer have to rely on TV execs and club owners deciding…

— Doug Stanhope

When I was studying comedy in Chicago, it wasn't long after 9/11. There were a lot Middle Eastern comedians who were doing bits about…

— Kumail Nanjiani

Part of the problem of comedians doing specials every year - when the masters do it, it's like, 'Okay, I guess, go for it'…

— Moshe Kasher

It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the…

— Larry Wilmore

There is no difference between alternative and traditional club comedy. People think there's a difference, but I don't think so. It's like gay men…

— Brent Weinbach

The alternative comedy scene is actually pretty small, I guess.

— Casey Wilson

I've always hated the term 'alternative'; I only use it because when I say it, people know what I'm talking about. I always thought…

— Brian Posehn

People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with…

— Eugene Mirman

I have always felt that the rise of what became known as alternative comedy was born out of the loins of the alternative theatre…

— Tony Robinson

But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing…

— Parker Posey

When I came into comedy in 2005, I didn't even know there was discrimination against musical comics in the alternative-comedy strain.

— Tim Minchin