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I have seven brothers and sisters, and they could all be standup comics!

I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while.

I've always been a comedy nerd, and 'Partners in Crime' was probably more influential for me than anything else because it was not only standup, but Robert Townsend had those short films.

You can't teach standup comedy. You can teach someone how to formulate a joke, but making it funny is different.

Technology can't eliminate the need for people going to want to go out and see theater and standup comedy.

Standup is just dirtier, a far more risque kind of thing.

When you're doing standup, it's just you. It's your written jokes. You perform it however your personality is.

I'm more of a sketch guy than a standup.

So many comedians, if you asked them, 'What's your priority in standup?' it's probably gonna be to make people laugh or to entertain them. That is just way down on my priority list, if on my list at all. I'm into breaking records. If I can do a set and break a record and get no laughs, I'm happy.

It's a young man's game - standup comedy.

The name of my first comedy album was 'Raised by Cable.' Coming up and watching all of these weird movies on different channels was such an influence on me and an influence on how I do standup. It informs everything I do.

I continue to do standup because there's a connection with a live audience - there are skills that you do learn as a standup comedian that help you on a set.

I listen to a lot of standup comics.

Standup is a place where, as long as it's funny enough, you can say your most embarrassing things, shameful things and disappointing things.

We come from a live background of sketch improv and standup.

Standup is like shorthand. Every bit must be both brief and profound or the audience will lose interest.

I'd decided to write about stuff that I would like to hear standup about.

I'd been doing standup since college.

I'm a big fan of Louis CK - I think he's a master of standup.

Sometimes I start off shows by explaining to people that it's just a bunch of stories - I always say 'It's like standup, just less funny.'

If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that the problem is people want you to get in trouble. That's the issue.

Back in the early '70s, when Susie and I were first married, we had a little house that we rented, and we used to have parties. People would come, and they wouldn't leave. I used to get so tired. I'd put on the Stanley Brothers, 'Songs for the Good People,' and the house would clear in five minutes. It was not liked; it was alien. It was weird.

The musicals that I loved, growing up - many, many. 'Singing in the Rain,' of course, is a classic, I love 'Meet Me in St. Louis.' I love 'Funny Face,' Stanley Donen's beautiful movie. It's really countless for me.

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