Art Quote by Sarah Cooper

Seriously, if you want to get inside the head of a stand-up comic, you could do a lot worse than reading Steve Martin's Born…

— Al Murray

A lot of stand-up is talking about your perspective in the world and your experiences in life. And I think it takes any comedian…

— Rose Matafeo

When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural…

— Bob Newhart

I set out to become a comedian, and I said in order to do that the first thing I'll do is become a disc…

— George Carlin

It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

— Wanda Sykes

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that…

— Johnathon Schaech

I feel that I'm a stand-up comedian more than anything else, that's my job.

— Lee Mack

I don't think of myself as a comedian, but as an artist, a scientist and chemist who just happens to be funny. I started…

— Marlon Wayans

I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice.

— Reggie Watts

I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements…

— Margaret Cho

I'm used to doing standup comedy where it's just me and a microphone and what I say goes.

— Esther Povitsky

As a performer, you get your 'thing.' You're the deadpan comedian, or the mad one, or the sexy one, and then you rely on…

— Lenny Henry