Stand Up Comedian Quotes

• Meal isn't over when I'm full. Meal's over when I hate myself.

  Patton Oswalt

  Hate, Meals, Delicious Food

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• Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

  Jim Butcher

  Laughter, Laughing, Stupidity

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• The really good stand up comedians can be angry but relatable, and they have interestingly humanizing personalities. Their observational skills are far greater than mine, so I'll just stick to reading lines off a page.

  Kunal Nayyar

  Reading, Skills, Personality

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice.

  Reggie Watts

  Ideas, Voice, Comedian

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.

  Wendy Liebman

  Comedian, Festivals, Mail

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• I've loved the Internet space in terms of creative content control and ownership, the things I haven't had since I started as a stand-up comedian.

  Kevin Pollak

  Space, Creative, Comedian

  Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. March 08, 2012.

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• I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.

  Wendy Liebman

  Teacher, Class, People

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• Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.

  Camille Paglia

  Jesus, Comedian, Brilliant

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• I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And with films, it's here today, gone tomorrow. So stand-up comedy is here to stay for me.

  Vir Das

  Bored, Comedian, Routine

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• When it comes to English stand-up comedy, Indians have only seen the best - Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby and the like. So, when someone claims to be an English stand-up comedian in India, he'd better be very good if he's going to make a life of it.

  Vir Das

  Comedian, India, Bills

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• It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing

  Harvey Pekar

  Comedian, Novelists, Doing Me

  Harvey Pekar, Michael Rhode (2008). “Harvey Pekar: Conversations”, p.104, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• And what is the reaction of the British politcal class? Well the Lib Dems, still think that the Euro is a success! I don't quiet think where Cleggy gets this from, I don't know. Prehaps he is cosidering an alternative career, as a stand up comedian, once he's out of politics.

  Nigel Farage

  Thinking, Class, Careers

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• To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had.

  Steve Harvey

  New York, Thinking, People

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• George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.

  Denis Leary

  Comedian, Ends, Gifted

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• I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night.

  Vir Das

  Night, Comedian, Vampire

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• I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor.

  Kevin Nealon

  Comedian, Actors

  "Kevin Nealon On His New Special, The End Of ‘Weeds’ And His Worst Acting Experience". Interview With Laura Rowley, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

  Chris Tucker

  Creative, Comedian, Being Funny

  "Chris Tucker wants to 'do something different'". Interview with Miki Turner, www.today.com. August 7, 2007.

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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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• I don't consider myself a stand-up comedian. I consider myself a performer; a comic as opposed to stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedians stand there and do their bits; I break every rule in creation. If there's a rule that can be broken in stand-up, I'll do it.

  J. B. Smoove

  Broken, Comedian, Creation

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• So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian.

  Chris Tucker

  Girl, Comedian, Clubs

  "Chris Tucker earns, dreams big". Interview with Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. August 9, 2001.

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• This is a dream come true. HBO is the highest echelon in the world for a stand-up comedian to attain. Throughout my career I've trusted my instincts to lead me down the right path, and I am honored to work together with this network while contributing to the legacy that is HBO.

  Dane Cook

  Dream, Careers, Hbo

  "Dane Cook Signs Big HBO Deal" by Brian B., movieweb.com. March 02, 2006.

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• The real focus at first is to just become a good stand-up comedian, and then when you get to a certain level, then they allow you to do other things. You feel if you're overwhelmed by something or if you're not.

  Jon Stewart

  Real, Focus, Comedian

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• Whoever calls and asks me to do stuff and obviously, with having your own TV show, people want you to get involved. They know you're a stand-up comedian so they're always looking for somebody funny to host an event.

  Chelsea Handler

  Tv Shows, People, Comedian

  "Chelsea Handler: Gay rights is no joke". Interview with Jessica Abramson, www.nbcnews.com. June 22, 2011.

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• I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor.

  Patrick Huard

  Careers, Comedian, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

  Jessie Cave

  Wise, Lying, Work Out

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