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Quotes About Stage time

I started once a week in North Carolina at a pub called Charlie Goodnight and met a lot of comics there. Then I moved to L.A., and if you're not known, it's hard to get stage time. So you start out doing what they call 'bringers' - you have to bring five people if you wanna get on stage. It was a lot of hustle, a learning curve.
~ Retta
Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay.
~ Jim Gaffigan
Even though I only get a few days off, I do not stop, whether it's getting some stage time at an open mic or flying to L.A. to watch a ton of stand-up shows.
~ Dolph Ziggler
The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty thin to get the stage time. I'd love to do more, really.
~ Peter Serafinowicz
It's good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again.
~ Kerry King
I like to spend as much time on the stage as possible. I don't do a regular TV series because I don't want to be overexposed.
~ William Katt
My schedule usually keeps me busy. However, I love performing on stage and I try my best to take time out for live performances.
~ Amit Trivedi
If you want to do standup, you have to go on stage. That's the only way to get good - stage times.
~ Jimmy O. Yang