Standup Quotes

I wouldn`t call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my share of it and it has been and remains part of my activity and I like it.

I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it`s so different from standup.

During his standup routine, "A lot of people do standup comedy in hopes of landing a television series. Well, I`m just the opposite. I`ve already had a TV series and now I`m doing standup. If this doesn`t work, soon I`ll be doing security with Gary Coleman."

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.

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.

If I`m a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie?

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.

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.

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.

I love standup and I haven`t given it up.

Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.

I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one musical act of sort. So its just people being funny in different ways, not just sketch, not just standup, not just characters, all of those things.

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.

Meehan evolved into his story. If you think of Parker as fast like a baseball or football player, Meehan is fast like a standup comic.

As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.