Stand-up Quotes - page 4

I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father. I'm a man. I take great pride in that. (Steve Harvey)
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had. View quote
Steve Harvey
The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did. View quote
Steve Harvey
Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life. View quote
Tracy Morgan
Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing. View quote
Tracy Morgan
A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are. View quote
Phyllis Diller
I can tell you this: Stand-up is not glamorous. View quote
Aisha Tyler
But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from. View quote
Aisha Tyler
When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up. View quote
Bernie Mac
Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me. View quote
Bernie Mac
Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean. (Graham Norton)
I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going. View quote
Kevin Hart
I've done a great job at being universal in my stand-up, which is why, for 'Let Me Explain,' I toured all over the world. These movies I have coming out - 'Ride Along,' 'Grudge Match,' 'About Last Night,' 'Think Like a Man Too' - are putting me in a position to become universal on an even bigger scale. View quote
Kevin Hart
Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it. View quote
Kevin Hart
Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. View quote
Kevin Hart
For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy. View quote
Kevin Hart
The same thing I did in 2013 is what I'm trying to do in 2014, which is continue to improve, continue to shock people. You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I'll have another hour of stand-up material where I'll be able to go on the road and tour again. View quote
Kevin Hart
I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes. View quote
Michael Caine
I guess after college, I just got really into food. I also think going on the road doing stand-up makes you more into food. Because when you travel like that, one of the things to do is find really good places to eat. View quote
Aziz Ansari
Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession. View quote
Aziz Ansari
London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up. (Aziz Ansari)
With stand-up, it's more interesting to hear about people's failures than their successes. View quote
Aziz Ansari
What's cool about Twitter is that you can make a joke about something very of-the-moment or random that I wouldn't be able to joke about in stand-up. View quote
Aziz Ansari
I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it. View quote
Aziz Ansari
Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female. View quote
Jo Brand