Quotes About Humor

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.

I used to devour a lot of stand-up comedy in my cousin's basement. He had cable and I didn't, so I went there and saw all the comedians.

Stand-up comedy is a different game all together. You have to improvise on the spot if you feel that the audience isn't enjoying your performance. In a movie or serial, you are in a situation while on stage you create a situation.

I was always fascinated by the stand-up comedy shows from my childhood.

Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.

Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through the '90s.

'Stand-Up Planet' was Anthony Bourdain-meets-stand-up comedy.

Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs.

I started pursuing stand-up comedy in 12th grade.

I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out of a paper bag and stand-up comedy is a lot harder than it appears.

I don't think stand-up comedy is becoming too serious, in fact, I wish it was. We are still mostly doing frivolous stuff.

I took a stand-up comedy class because I'd always wanted to.

I think it's a very easy thing to make people laugh, especially with a script, and then you've just got to dress up. That's also the idea of comedy in Bollywood. But in stand-up comedy, there's a man with just some content trying to make everyone laugh.

I had been writing and performing stand-up comedy pretty much the entire time I worked at Google.

Well, I started trying stand-up before I joined Google, actually. And then I went broke because that's what happens when you try stand-up comedy. You're actually paying to perform.

I never shoot for a film telling myself that I have to make people laugh. I can't even do stand-up comedy.

I'm actually into the idea of doing stand-up comedy, as a joke. You know how people do karaoke for fun? Well it would sort of be like that.

The edge of inappropriate is the spiritual home of the best stand-up comedy.

My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.'

There is a standard joke in the family. Probably we should go into selling second-hand shoes.

I still do the standard editorial cartoon: that is my bread and butter. I absolutely love doing that.

You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.

I know I'm fly - don't get me wrong. But I don't look, like, standard Hollywood. As a comedian, it's something you learn to use.

What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.