Development Quote by Paul Reiser

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

— Debra Winger

When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that.

— Rob Brydon

Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny.

— Doug Stanhope

Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.

— Kumail Nanjiani

Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some…

— Demetri Martin

When I'm doing stand-up, it's just me depending on me. I know how to go out there and make people laugh. I've been doing…

— Eddie Murphy

In stand-up, you do need to be having fun up there, like Richard Pryor said, but you have to know yourself well, too... You…

— Tiffany Haddish

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up…

— David Steinberg

People often tell me that they have no idea how I can do standup. The idea of trying to make a large group of…

— Greg Davies

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

Stand-up is still my job. That is the thing I wanted to get into when I was 21. You cannot beat the immediacy of…

— Jon Richardson

I love doing [stand-up]. I love making people laugh no matter how. Whether it's a commercial, or a TV show, or a reality show,…

— Kathy Griffin