Stand-up Quotes - page 8

I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor. (Kevin Nealon)
When I began doing stand-up, it took me a long time to get an hour's worth of material together. View quote
Kevin Nealon
A special validates you as a stand-up by documenting your material. View quote
Kevin Nealon
Bad improv happens with people who are inexperienced with each other and don't know the craft that well. But bad stand-up is something that could happen to someone at any level in their career. View quote
Kristen Schaal
You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is going to love you. And for some reason, stand-up has this thing where everyone thinks they can do it. So everyone thinks they're an expert. View quote
Kumail Nanjiani
Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh. View quote
Kumail Nanjiani
We are going to do 'Hot Tub' until we die. Every Monday. Then we'll come back and do it as zombies. 'Hot Tub' is very important. What we do is based on our live skills. It's stand-up and sketch and improv; everything we do in 'Hot Tub' is important to our jobs. And every Monday I'm excited to do it. View quote
Kurt Braunohler
I like to edit; I like to work with other people, and that's something stand-up doesn't really have. View quote
Kyle Dunnigan
Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage. View quote
Mario Cantone
Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible. View quote
Cameron Boyce
I've never done stand-up; I came via small-scale touring theatre, through the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, then I got employed on that as an actor who had a humorous sensibility. (Mark Williams)
My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind! Tip your waitress!' I would create the jokes based on the character I was playing. It was always a performance-based thing for me. View quote
Mary Lynn Rajskub
All of comedy at some level is trial-and-error, whether it's a stand-up trying out jokes or a comedy show trying stories. View quote
Michael Schur
I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet. View quote
Michael Showalter
You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly. View quote
Michael Showalter
The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion. View quote
Mike Birbiglia
I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and people better watch out - I will gallop. View quote
Miranda Hart
I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was on a pilot of that prank show called 'Boiling Points' on MTV. View quote
Nick Kroll
I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you can't force it to. View quote
Nick Kroll
Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing. View quote
Oscar Nunez
My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic. (Pauly Shore)
When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that. View quote
Rob Brydon
My stand-up is far more rooted in reality than my Twitter. View quote
Rob Delaney
You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you're wrong. If you're doing it to become a millionaire, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. In 2003, I was flat broke. I'd been doing stand-up for 14 years at that point. I loved it and just kept at it. View quote
Russell Peters
Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan. View quote
Russell Peters