Stand-up Quotes - page 7

But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights. (Elizabeth Meriwether)
I'm not a joke guy; I'm not a stand-up comic. View quote
Eugene Levy
One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters. View quote
Eugene Levy
But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on, I decided to have a go at stand-up comedy. View quote
Evan Davis
I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time. View quote
Fred Armisen
Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are? Nothing is as good, except maybe having a baby. View quote
Howie Mandel
There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. View quote
Hal Sparks
I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old. View quote
Hal Sparks
I did a 'Last Comic Standing' audition in 2006, where you're just performing for three people in a comedy club, in a big comedy club, and I remember them cutting me off, asking about my name in the middle of one of my jokes. Yeah, it's just real weird when you're doing stand-up in that type of sterile, unnatural setting. View quote
Hannibal Buress
Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world. View quote
Harland Williams
My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly. (Harland Williams)
Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove. View quote
J. B. Smoove
When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class. View quote
J. B. Smoove
Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers. View quote
Jason Alexander
I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background. View quote
Jenna Fischer
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. View quote
Jenny Eclair
I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not. View quote
Jessie Cave
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some stand-up comedy. I had a captive audience in that bus. Then I realized I wanted to do more than that. View quote
Jim Dale
For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was. View quote
Jack Whitehall
Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldn't be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it. View quote
John Mulaney
I had a massive amount of self-belief when I did stand-up. (Johnny Vegas)
With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle. View quote
Johnny Vegas
I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again. View quote
Johnny Vegas
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up. View quote
Johnny Vegas
The first time I did stand-up was on a dare. View quote
Judy Gold