Experience Quote by Rhod Gilbert

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

— Doug Stanhope

For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually,…

— Eugene Mirman

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

— Maynard James Keenan

Standup comedy is fun. I mean other than having to experience the excruciating lonlieness and unacknowledged sadness that results in funny.

— Dov Davidoff

Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are?…

— Howie Mandel

I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't…

— Matt Besser

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel

You only become funny when you have a complete reverence for life.

— Frederick Lenz

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

I have been lucky enough to work in all kinds of comedy. I prefer working with other people. I could never do stand-up.

— June Whitfield

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

I started to realize that comedy is what I really wanted to do, but I didn't want to do stand-up.

— D'Arcy Carden