Stand-up Quotes - page 11

I didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-up. (Steven Wright)
Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous. View quote
Steven Wright
I grew up in a family where no one was in the entertainment business. So stand-up and acting were seen as something unrealistic. I always thought it was just people in L. A. and New York that became actors or comedians. View quote
Jim Gaffigan
There's a silliness that is in my stand-up. I grew up in Indiana, worshipping David Letterman, so it's Letterman-like, observational, a little bit offbeat. I don't go up there and make fun of people's shirts. There's a bit of dryness in it. View quote
Jim Gaffigan
I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires. View quote
Jim Gaffigan
I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliché to carry around, because people don't consider stand-ups really actors. View quote
Jim Gaffigan
I initially signed up for Twitter just to do jokes I wasn't going to do in my stand-up routine. View quote
Jim Gaffigan
I'm a big eater. I mean, a lot of my stand-up is about food, and you write about what you know, and that's the only thing I know. I don't know anything else. View quote
Jim Gaffigan
Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner. View quote
Jerry Seinfeld
I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian. View quote
Steve Carell
I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life. (Chris Tucker)
Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles. View quote
Chris Tucker
Day-to-day life is a lot of work. I work a lot on stand-up stuff, and then day-to-day life and, you know, just living. It's always different. Try to work out, try to stay in shape, and try to have some fun. View quote
Chris Tucker
I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian. View quote
Chris Tucker
I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there. View quote
Chris Tucker
I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up listening to stand-up comedians' albums and watching them on TV, on 'The Tonight Show' and Letterman. View quote
Sarah Silverman
I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I actually had to come up with my own jokes. View quote
Emma Caulfield
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley. View quote
Kevin Spacey
In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up. View quote
Eddie Izzard
I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can. View quote
Eddie Izzard
My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal. (Eddie Izzard)
Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners. View quote
Camille Paglia
I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work. View quote
Margaret Cho
I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes. View quote
Questlove
I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion. It stresses me out, but I prefer creative chaos. View quote
Joy Behar