Ideas Quote by Sara Pascoe

Whatever I'm writing has seemed to be about something I don't feel I could freely express in my everyday life, and stand-up is a…

— Jaboukie Young-White

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

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

From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you.

— Maysoon Zayid

Standup is like shorthand. Every bit must be both brief and profound or the audience will lose interest.

— Johnny Lever

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

— Roger Craig Smith

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

The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people…

— Aries Spears

A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is…

— Zach Galifianakis

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

— Martin Freeman

I've never really considered doing stand up, but I have done readings/spoken word things fairly often in which I'll just tell a bunch of…

— Laurie Notaro

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.

— Robin Williams