Comedy Clubs Quotes - Page 2

• I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with smoking.

  Chris Rock

  Real, Smoking, Cameras

  "Busy Chris Rock Is Just Itching for Dirty Work". Interview with Dave Itzkoff, www.nytimes.com. August 1, 2012.

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• 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.

  Bernie Mac

  Daughter, Mother, Jobs

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• If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.

  Henry Rollins

  Trying, Would Be, Bombs

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• I think the comedy clubs tend to homogenize the acts a little bit, because they force them to be palatable in way too many environments.

  Bo Burnham

  Thinking, Clubs, Littles

  "In 'Egghead,' A New Shel: Burnham Takes On Silverstein". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. October 7, 2013.

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• I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.

  Ron White

  Rumor, Clubs, Towns

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• When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It's attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when I first went to a comedy club - I wanted to do it, so I gave it a try and that was it. I found my office.

  Dylan Moran

  Children, Simple, Laughing

  "Comedian Dylan Moran: 'What am I looking forward to? Incontinence and memory loss'". Interview with Nosheen Iqbal, www.theguardian.com. December 22, 2009.

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• Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.

  Aziz Ansari

  Sex, Hate, Dancing

  "Aziz Ansari: The Funniest Tool In 'Parks' Utility Shed". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 4, 2010.

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• Bob Saget was known, in the comedy clubs in those days, as extremely funny but with dark humor. It was always an inside joke among comics, when he got Full House, it was, like, wow, hes playing this all-American dad kind of thing. That was not Bob Saget. His comedic style is definitely more twisted, and he has an edgier side than he showed in Full House.

  Bob Saget

  Dad, Dark, House

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• I took a job in a comedy club - not doing stand-up comedy, because that's my idea of hell, but in the office - and I went traveling.

  Phoebe Fox

  Jobs, Ideas, Office

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 13, 2015.

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• Man's inhumanity toward man is astounding, and I'm just talking about the lineup at certain comedy clubs.

  Dov Davidoff

  Men, Talking, Clubs

  FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Jul 16, 2011

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• I think there is more comedians now than ever, more venues now than ever. There are stand-ups who live in towns where they don't have many comedy clubs where they are organizing more comedy nights in bars. I just think this is a fantastic time for stand up.

  Joe Rogan

  Night, Thinking, Comedian

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I can pretty much guarantee that if I do a show in a comedy club, there will be someone who will come out of the audience and tell me the worst joke ever. It's just a guarantee.

  Lewis Black

  Guarantees That, Clubs, Comedy

  "Lewis Black Is No Judge Judy". Interview with Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. March 11, 2008.

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• Some comedians tell nice jokes that you can tell to your kids. Some use bad words - they work 'blue.' If you don't want to hear a joke that's blue, you shouldn't go to a comedy club where a comedian who makes blue jokes is performing.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Nice, Kids, Blue

  "If you don't want to hear an edgy joke, don't listen" By Gilbert Gottfried, www.cnn.com. July 16, 2012.

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• The DC Improv food is amazingly edible for a comedy club.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Clubs, Comedy

  Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. November 26, 2007.

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• Comedy clubs can be brutal. Those people are for real, and if you aren't funny, they aren't laughing. They don't care who you are.

  Marlon Wayans

  Real, People, Laughing

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• If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."

  Jake M. Johnson

  Stars, Talking, Play

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I LOVE THE COMEDY CLUBS AND THE CLOSENESS OF THE CROWD. HOWEVER THE MORE YA DO THE BIG ROOMS THEY START TO BECOME YOUR HOME AS WELL AND YOU ADJUST TO THE SURROUNDINGS. I LOVE THEM BOTH. I MISS THE CLUBS BUT THATS WHAT YA WORK FOR TO DO THE BIG ROOMS!

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Home, Missing, Crowds

  Source: www.dead-frog.com

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• I follow the baseball team on the Internet more than I do the football team. Generally you can get a Nebraska game anywhere. Before I started doing big arenas and stuff and had a tour bus when I was just working comedy clubs way back when I would always listen to the games in my hotel room on the Internet.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Baseball, Football, Team

  Source: www.huskermax.com

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• If I'm not on tour, I can run down to the comedy club and do a little stand-up. If you're an actor, you can't go - I guess there's forms of it.

  Louis C. K.

  Running, Actors, Clubs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Every few months I'll pop into a comedy club or go to Vegas.

  Kevin James

  Vegas, Clubs, Months

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of comedy clubs are set up with people sitting at little tables and you have everything from the way they are seated to them ordering or taking a sip of a drink, these can make a comedian go harder and faster in a club.

  John Mulaney

  People, Comedian, Sitting

  Source: laist.com

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• People don't come to a comedy club simply to hear someone's thoughts, no matter how profound.

  Ted Alexandro

  People, Profound, Clubs

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech.

  Ted Alexandro

  Clubs, Speech, Lasts

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• Phunny Business is a breezy, vivid, funny, star-studded and delightful valentine to comedy, entrepreneurship and the All-American impulse to make something out of nothing. The story of comedy club owner/inveterate dreamer Raymond Lambert and his heroic quest to create a safe, productive place for black stand-up comedians to hone their craft and find their voices isn't just a great Chicago story and a great comedy story: it's a flat-out great story, lovingly and engagingly told.

  Nathan Rabin

  Stars, Valentine, Voice

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• Of all the awards, the Stand-up Comic Audience Award is our favorite. It is a chance to honor the performers who spend much of their careers developing their craft and working in the comedy clubs all over America.

  George Schlatter

  Awards, Careers, America

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