Adding Quote by Stephen Merchant

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

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

It's good to do stand-up. It kind of wakes you up and makes you feel like you're doing something. You got the crowd right…

— David Spade

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.

— Wanda Sykes

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

— Bob Newhart

I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A…

— Tina Fey

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

— Steve Buscemi

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 applause from the audience gives me a high. Probably that's what has kept my love for theatre intact.

— Y. G. Mahendran

I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we…

— Tim Allen

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

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