Learning experience Quote by Ralphie May

To be honest, I wasn't the best stand-up comic.

— Bradley Walsh

I'm not a natural comic, I don't think. That's why I gave up stand-up. It was hard. It involved a lot of death. Dying.…

— Julian Barratt

I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out…

— Joe Rogan

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to…

— Harvey Pekar

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

— Rita Rudner

I knew when I got out of high school that I was going to be a stand-up comic.

— Jo Koy

When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling stories, so…

— Mike Birbiglia

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was…

— Graham Norton

Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.

— Jason Alexander

I've always been into stand-up, and I always wanted to be a comic because it was like the dream job as a kid, and…

— Tony Rock

Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.

— Nafisa Joseph

I have been successful in comic roles and people think that is all that I can do.

— Javed Jaffrey