#standup

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

#acquired taste #always #been #handful #i

A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#awareness #book #else #everybody #everything

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

#comic #guys #had #i #into

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#brian #comic #disguise #nbc #standup

Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#go #house #i #kids #off

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? ↗

— Howie Mandel

#dramatic #dramatic role #game #game show #host

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. ↗

— Todd Barry

#being #being funny #call #characters #comedy

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

— Shelley Berman

#art #art form #been #comedy #form

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

#buzz #done #get #gig #go

I love to work. I love doing standup. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#i #i love #love #standup #work