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I'm a standup comedian who gets to act. I'm never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I go through periods where I'm doing a lot of acting work, I still do standup. ~ Bill Burr
Standup quotes by Bill Burr
I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at. ~ Norm MacDonald
Standup quotes by Norm MacDonald
I do standup every week in L.A. at the Laugh Factory and the Improv. ~ Brian Dunkleman
Standup quotes by Brian Dunkleman
Comedy is a funny thing, and it's really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title. You would never go to a club just to see "Live music," you would go to a jazz club to see jazz, a blues club to see blues, etc. But when you go to see "standup comedy," if you don't know the performers material, you really don't have any idea what you're gonna get. ~ Joe Rogan
Standup quotes by Joe Rogan
This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup comedy because a lot of people don't know that's where I started. ~ Nick Cannon
Standup quotes by Nick Cannon
The thing about the performance part ... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel. ~ Ilana Glazer
Standup quotes by Ilana Glazer
My father told me when I first started that standup is exciting and I should pursue it, but that writing would be the thing that would give me power over my career. I never have to take a road gig or a writing gig I don't want because I always have the ability to play one against the other. ~ Greg Fitzsimmons
Standup quotes by Greg Fitzsimmons
if there are no heros to save you,
Then you be the hero ~ Denpa Kyoshi
Standup quotes by Denpa Kyoshi
You've got to believe you can be a standup before you can be a standup. You have to believe you can act before you can act. You have to believe you can be an astronaut before you can be an astronaut. You've got to believe. ~ Eddie Izzard
Standup quotes by Eddie Izzard
I'm a standup comedian, so I need people. ~ Chelsea Handler
Standup quotes by Chelsea Handler
I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup. ~ Ron White
Standup quotes by Ron White
As I go on in standup, I keep being described as cleaner and cleaner as I do each hour, they're like, 'It's unbelievable how clean,' 'He's the cleanest person in the world.' And then I'll do shows and people will be like, 'You're supposed to be so clean, but you're talking about cancer.' ~ Jim Gaffigan
Standup quotes by Jim Gaffigan
I'm a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that's standup shows, improv shows, I'm all over that. That's my favorite way to be entertained always. ~ Rashida Jones
Standup quotes by Rashida Jones
I'd love to have a shitty job. I couldn't hold any down. Standup was the only thing I could stick with. I'm an idiot that way. ~ Louis C.K.
Standup quotes by Louis C.K.
I enjoy writing the same way I enjoy doing standup. Part of the challenge is being creative and making it work no matter what the constraints. ~ Greg Fitzsimmons
Standup quotes by Greg Fitzsimmons
Life has typhoons. They come and turn everything upside down. But you still have to standup because the next storm may be around the corner. ~ Nadia Hashimi
Standup quotes by Nadia Hashimi
Hopefully standup will become special again. ~ Marc Maron
Standup quotes by Marc Maron
I even get tired performing standup, which is normally a low-impact exercise in futility but looks hard the way I do it. That's why I take a lot of breaks, often stopping in the middle of a joke to catch my breath, or blame the crowd for not laughing before the punchline. ~ Andy Kindler
Standup quotes by Andy Kindler
People would say, Can we develop a sitcom around you? and I would say, Not interested. I'm very happy doing standup and writing and taking my kids to school. ~ Jeff Foxworthy
Standup quotes by Jeff Foxworthy
I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well. ~ Mackenzie Crook
Standup quotes by Mackenzie Crook
Standup is more me talking the entire time. There's definitely an exchange of energy because that room, that audience, is giving back. ~ Ellen DeGeneres
Standup quotes by Ellen DeGeneres
If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show. ~ Adam DeVine
Standup quotes by Adam DeVine
I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup. ~ Jim Gaffigan
Standup quotes by Jim Gaffigan
The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time. ~ Joe Rogan
Standup quotes by Joe Rogan
It's a unique fraternity to be a standup. I think everybody understands, you know, opportunity, and everybody - especially at the top - are genuinely rooting for you. ~ Michael Che
Standup quotes by Michael Che
In your search for a rich or wealthy man to complete you, standup to the challenges of deserving a right man, and what you will have in the end is a well-rounded partner. ~ Darmie Orem
Standup quotes by Darmie Orem
The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics. ~ Chris Hardwick
Standup quotes by Chris Hardwick
I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys. ~ Bernard Goldberg
Standup quotes by Bernard Goldberg
I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation. ~ Jason Alexander
Standup quotes by Jason Alexander
I never really saw myself as a standup comedian. I always just thought of myself as someone who used the eight minutes or 10 minutes she was allotted and had a blast. ~ Kristen Schaal
Standup quotes by Kristen Schaal
Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as I do with the theologian. I'm in an odd world where I make things and share them with people. ~ Rob Bell
Standup quotes by Rob Bell
'Deal or No Deal' works nicely with my ADD/ADHD symptoms. I show up, meet the contestants, and move around the set. I'm not stuck behind a pedestal reading trivia questions. I've always had problems sitting still and listening for long periods of time. The show spares me these challenges. I can live in the moment. It's like a standup act. ~ Howie Mandel
Standup quotes by Howie Mandel
I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do. ~ Louis C.K.
Standup quotes by Louis C.K.
When I became a standup comic, my hero, one of them, was Richard Pryor, and you know, I think that comedians, like, comedians talk about hacks, and what a hack is, is someone who does stuff that's not original. ~ Artie Lange
Standup quotes by Artie Lange
I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don't be calculated about it and say, 'Okay, I'm gonna tweet, and I'm gonna podcast, and I'm gonna do standup, and one of those things is going to lead me to my own TV show.' I don't think that should be the goal. ~ Scott Aukerman
Standup quotes by Scott Aukerman
When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day, and then at night I would actually go to The Improv and do standup, all the while kind of cultivating my comedy resume. ~ Ken Jeong
Standup quotes by Ken Jeong
When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them. ~ Hari Kondabolu
Standup quotes by Hari Kondabolu
Is he seriously joking with me? The master of the dark art of raising the dead has become a standup comedian? Surely this is the end of the world. ~ David Estes
Standup quotes by David Estes
When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.' ~ Bruce Coville
Standup quotes by Bruce Coville
Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and the U.S., and you're out there and talking to people. You get a sense of what they respond to. ~ Howie Mandel
Standup quotes by Howie Mandel
I love standup, but not the grind of traveling and dealing with club owners. ~ Judy Gold
Standup quotes by Judy Gold
When I got a part in 'All American Girl,' in 1994, I remember thinking, 'Now I have a series, I'm not going to need to do standup,' but every night I'd go out afterward and get onstage somewhere. ~ Judy Gold
Standup quotes by Judy Gold
I was a standup comic, which doesn't necessarily mean you interact with people all that much. In fact when I did shows, I wouldn't talk to the audience very much. Then my friend offered me a radio show, and I thought, you know, I'll try talking to people and see what kind of interviewer I was. ~ Scott Aukerman
Standup quotes by Scott Aukerman
Standup really is a young man's game, a single young man's game. Even when I was younger, when I wasn't single, it was hard to be on the road because you go through relationships because your girlfriend kinda got tired of you being gone. ~ Kevin Nealon
Standup quotes by Kevin Nealon
Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way, and once I was around a group of people that saw the world in a different way, it's like this is where I need to be. ~ Chris Rock
Standup quotes by Chris Rock
I still do standup. ~ Ray Romano
Standup quotes by Ray Romano
To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability. ~ Jerrod Carmichael
Standup quotes by Jerrod Carmichael
The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming. ~ Marc Maron
Standup quotes by Marc Maron
During my career as a standup and actor, I realized it was very frustrating for me to get hired because Hollywood was hiring a different kind of brother, you know, and I was doing political humor. In order for me to really have a long career, I'm going to have to learn how to write and produce for myself. I had no idea I was really going to like it and I'm very fortunate to be successful. But the idea was to always eventually create something for myself. That was the idea from the beginning when I went into writing and producing. ~ Larry Wilmore
Standup quotes by Larry Wilmore
In 27 years doing this, I've seen a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo. ~ Louis C.K.
Standup quotes by Louis C.K.
Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me. ~ Steve Martin
Standup quotes by Steve Martin
I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd - it's a kind of a 'make me laugh' attitude. But when you come out as an improvisor, they realize that they're suggesting everything you do. So they're already invested in the scene, and they actually want it to work. ~ Ryan Stiles
Standup quotes by Ryan Stiles
I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with. ~ Joe Rogan
Standup quotes by Joe Rogan
I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff. ~ Kid Rock
Standup quotes by Kid Rock
There's this other world where all comedians want to do is make funny videos. Typically what's happened in the past is that a comedian gets a standup career and over the course of 20 years builds it up to the point where Comedy Central gives them a sketch show. ~ Gavin McInnes
Standup quotes by Gavin McInnes
I will always love to perform standup comedy. ~ Shelley Berman
Standup quotes by Shelley Berman
As I read my poems aloud, I paid still more attention to sound in my writing. One morning as I revised, I set down a word that I knew was not right, and I heard myself think: But I can say it so that it's right. Immediately, I knew that I had understood one of the hazards of reading aloud. Performance can paper over bad writing, or substitute for the best language. Performance is a problem, and most performance poets or slammers are actors or standup comedians and not poets; we never hear a line break and seldom a new metaphor. There are other problems with the popularity of the poetry reading, but largely the reading has been good for poetry because poets watch their own poems come back to them on the faces of listeners. One addresses not only the Muse but actual people. ~ Donald Hall
Standup quotes by Donald Hall
As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for your livelihood and your well-being. And if you don't do that, you're going to fail; you're never going to be able to stand up on the cliff and jump off. ~ John DiMaggio
Standup quotes by John DiMaggio
My mom ending up passing away, and I got really depressed and didn't have money for therapy, and so I started doing standup to cope with my mom's death. ~ Cristela Alonzo
Standup quotes by Cristela Alonzo
Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of standup is there is room for everyone, and years of performing in front of crowds will dictate what you can or can't do. ~ Ted Alexandro
Standup quotes by Ted Alexandro
I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV. ~ Ana Gasteyer
Standup quotes by Ana Gasteyer
This is something that the nimblest standup comedians learn, over time, to handle gracefully. They'll go between prepared material, then they'll respond to what's happening in the room and weave it back into the prepared material and so on. ~ John Hodgman
Standup quotes by John Hodgman
It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it. ~ Steve Martin
Standup quotes by Steve Martin
People sometimes say how standup is so hard, and I always tell them that it's hard at the beginning. ~ Bill Maher
Standup quotes by Bill Maher
I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know? ~ Pauly Shore
Standup quotes by Pauly Shore
Have you ever noticed how a man orders food at a fast-food drive-through window? ... men have an innate desire to be cute while placing their order through the drive-through microphone. It's as if they believe the invisible mike on the plastic menu screen is actually connected to a standup comedy stage somewhere in the recesses of the restaurant. ~ Becky Freeman
Standup quotes by Becky Freeman
But I also know in standup, there's nowhere to hide. You get on stage and you deliver, or you are eviscerated and you are thrown into a pile of bodies at the bottom of a mountain. ~ Rob Delaney
Standup quotes by Rob Delaney
I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself. ~ Paul Feig
Standup quotes by Paul Feig
I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures. ~ J. B. Smoove
Standup quotes by J. B. Smoove
I don't want to be a spokesman for family values, but that's the way my standup is perceived. ~ Ray Romano
Standup quotes by Ray Romano
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired. ~ Marc Maron
Standup quotes by Marc Maron
I went to school with Steven Wright, who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that he was in a club doing standup comedy. I went down to his club and he was great. Another friend of mine, who was pretty much a thief by trade, was hosting the show. So I thought, 'If these guys can do it, then so can I.' ~ Denis Leary
Standup quotes by Denis Leary
People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun. ~ James Patterson
Standup quotes by James Patterson
I am happy doing standup so I don't ever want to stop doing it. But I wouldn't mind venturing off and doing other things that are creative. ~ Brian Regan
Standup quotes by Brian Regan
I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I'd get into psychology. ~ Dane Cook
Standup quotes by Dane Cook
If you're going to be a good standup, or a successful standup, or a standup who can work for money, you have to eliminate the possibility of dying quickly. ~ Noel Fielding
Standup quotes by Noel Fielding
I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act. ~ Roger Craig Smith
Standup quotes by Roger Craig Smith
Man, what is your problem?" Leo grumbled. Percy blinked. "So ... I guess we're not cool?" "Of course we're not cool! You're as bad as Jason! I'm trying to resent you for being all perfect and hero-y and whatnot. Then you go and act like a standup guy. How am I supposed to hate you if you apologize and promise to help and stuff?" A smile tugged at the corner of Percy's mouth. "Sorry about that. ~ Rick Riordan
Standup quotes by Rick Riordan
I'm really good at standup. I always win at standup. ~ Leslie Jones
Standup quotes by Leslie Jones
I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup. ~ Dane Cook
Standup quotes by Dane Cook
When I was doing standup, I always wanted to get out of the standup world and take it back into the theatrical world, like with 'No Cure For Cancer.' ~ Denis Leary
Standup quotes by Denis Leary
Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important. ~ Denis O'Hare
Standup quotes by Denis O'Hare
I first did standup at a lesbian bar. I didn't know it was a lesbian bar at the time, but the lesbians loved me. I was huge among the lesbians and am to this day. I'm thrilled with the lesbian support. ~ Seth Rogen
Standup quotes by Seth Rogen
If I could make the same amount of money doing standup it would be no contest. The problem is that if you do make that kind of money doing standup, it's not in clubs, it's in big auditoriums and large venues, and I really think something is lost when you do standup for a big crowd. ~ Joe Rogan
Standup quotes by Joe Rogan
The person who is most a part of me is the performer, is the standup, the guy who says, "Hey look at me, listen to this!" I do that because that's what I do, I love doing it. ~ George Carlin
Standup quotes by George Carlin
Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians. ~ Aubrey Plaza
Standup quotes by Aubrey Plaza
As far as standup, everybody has a vehicle they are driving. If what you do works, it's like playing golf. If you can master that one swing over and over again, you will be successful. That's what standup is. You have to have a central move and it has to be yours. You have to own your comedy, own what you do. ~ J. B. Smoove
Standup quotes by J. B. Smoove
I think my one of my strengths in standup is my ability to adlib. I do all my best writing on stage. I can sit down and write jokes, but I'd rather go on stage with a premise or an idea and let the jokes come that way. My creative juices are never flowing any better than when I'm onstage. ~ Henry Cho
Standup quotes by Henry Cho
Metal is easily my favorite thing - Exodus and Anthrax and Megadeth - so it just kind of organically came through in the standup act. ~ Brian Posehn
Standup quotes by Brian Posehn
Richard Lewis has this incredible ability to look like he's just ... you know it's an act that's been honed. What you have to do in standup is create spontaneity, somehow; even though you've done this act a million times, you gotta look like you're almost just thinking of it now, to make it entertainer. ~ Artie Lange
Standup quotes by Artie Lange
The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so. ~ Shelley Berman
Standup quotes by Shelley Berman
I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience. ~ J. B. Smoove
Standup quotes by J. B. Smoove
I think that, for me, my favorite thing to do is perform standup onstage. Everything else I do is for the exposure to do more stand-up onstage, and for the money, and for the health insurance. ~ Jen Kirkman
Standup quotes by Jen Kirkman
Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in front of people and be the happy guy in the room. ~ Doc Brown
Standup quotes by Doc Brown
I'm fascinated by mankind. I grew up watching 'Candid Camera' and thought it was funnier than any standup, any joke, anything that could possibly be written because you're dealing with humanity. And people can relate to that. It touches everybody who sees it. It hits a nerve. ~ Howie Mandel
Standup quotes by Howie Mandel
I'm now unemployed. It's a weird feeling with no work, but at least there's still golf. Standup comedy is like my core, it's what I do. But I want to be a pro golfer. It's a love/hate relationship with golf. I can come away feeling so serene, and yet, it's the thing that I can let get to me to throw a club and say curses that don't even exist. I'm obsessed with something that won't let me master it. I don't know. I need therapy. ~ Ray Romano
Standup quotes by Ray Romano
I don't write my standup on paper or anything; but I just organically do it on stage, have an idea, chat it up a little bit. I'm keeping notes. I'm trying to keep up with this world and try to bring out a special every year. ~ Jim Jefferies
Standup quotes by Jim Jefferies
I had more material on weather than anyone else, I guess, ... back when I was traveling a lot on the road as a standup comic, between airport security and the weather ... I just wanted to be prepared for sitting in the airport. ~ Lewis Black
Standup quotes by Lewis Black
Actors, you have to wait for people to give you work, or you have to make your own stuff. But standup, I could just say, 'I want to do standup in 30 minutes,' and I can go do standup. Or I could just say, 'I want to do standup in a few weeks in this city.' ~ Hannibal Buress
Standup quotes by Hannibal Buress
Unlike 'Deal or No Deal,' which is for the entire family, my standup is not for the entire family. ~ Howie Mandel
Standup quotes by Howie Mandel
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