Comedy Quote by Quinta Brunson

I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!

— Rachel Parris

I've never done stand-up in my life. I don't know if that's entirely interesting, but I came up in improv.

— Sam Richardson

When I started out doing comedy, I was still in college and was working day jobs. I taught preschool for a few years. And…

— Josh Gondelman

Stand-up is a real art form in itself and one that I really think to be good at you have to devote your entire…

— Rob Corddry

Improv is a fun thing to do on stage with others, sketch comedy is a great way to showcase your writing and acting, while…

— Quinta Brunson

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted…

— Demetri Martin

I did stand-up for a long time, and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage will always…

— Kevin Durand

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

— Steve Buscemi

I loved working in stand-up, and I always dreamed that I could make a movie about it. I didn't know if I would have…

— Judd Apatow

I started doing improv because I was bad at singing. That's true! Ask my mom or literally anyone! Now, I do stand-up and characters.…

— Eva Victor

I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it…

— Natasha Leggero

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could…

— John Oliver