Audience Quote by Robin Williams

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up…

— Robin Williams

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to…

— Donald Glover

I never really watched much stand-up growing up. I just was not really that into it. But I can say I honestly fell in…

— Phoebe Robinson

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.

— Billy Gardell

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

— Steve Buscemi

Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.

— Lewis Black

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more…

— Elayne Boosler

I liked that improv and sketch comedy were collaborative, but you really depended on other people and a stage to perform. With stand-up comedy,…

— Ali Wong

Before I started doing stand-up, I never envisioned doing it. I strictly saw myself doing improv and sketch comedy, and then, when I started…

— Quinta Brunson

With stand-up I could think of something now and say it onstage tonight. It's totally pure, I love it.

— Brett Goldstein

Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline,…

— Jim Jefferies

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they…

— Dave Chappelle