Art Quote by Scott Aukerman

A lot of comedians are really funny onstage, but they can't do a podcast.

— Iliza Shlesinger

The beautiful thing about podcasting is it's just talking. It can be funny, or it can be terrifying. It can be sweet. It can…

— Joe Rogan

Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of…

— Ted Alexandro

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

— Chris Hardwick

A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person…

— Stephen Merchant

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in…

— Mike Nichols

Comedians are therapists. People honestly think we're doing it for ourselves. No. If we wanted to do stand-up for ourselves, we would perform in…

— J. B. Smoove

There's a big thing right now with people using stand-up as a scapegoat. People think comedians have the power to change someone in an…

— Bill Burr

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.

— Chris Hardwick

Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.

— Aziz Ansari

If you look up the definition of stand-up comedy, it's funny on purpose. A little bit of pressure there. It's basically acting. You're telling…

— Michael Waltrip

There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that. The audience…

— Sean Lock