Quotes About Stand-up

But with 'Newsrevue' I started doing some characters, and I just loved how you were in control. You could write something that day and go and do it that night, rather than waiting for a job that involves other people. So I did character stand-up, and then proper stand-up, and I loved it; I got addicted.

Funny is funny. If it's funny enough to women, it will be funny to men. I think that's been proven by Broad City and Amy Schumer. They're killing it.

I stay far away from political humor.

One of my favorites was Bernie Mac.

I love comedy. Comedy is one of my favourite things to do.

See, I'm totally fearless. I got my chops in the most, like, dangerous comedy atmosphere. If you can make it in New York, you can really do stand-up anywhere.

I don't enjoy doing stand-up. I see it as being like exercise: I feel good about it after I've done it.

The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.

I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.

I think I was aware when I started doing stand-up, especially on my own, that, yeah, I'm getting up on stage, and I'm a woman, and I dress in a sort of typically feminine fashion.

I'm not a bleeding-heart feminist, but I do like to call out that stuff in my act. It's nice when you find a perspective that no one has hit on.

I've done the Hoboken Comedy Festival. It's cool.

The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.

When I'm not filming anything or on the road doing stand-up, I'm usually doing stand-up shows every night - usually a few shows a night at different clubs in the city.

I'm a dirty, filthy animal and I'm a dirty comedian, but I got a lot of charisma and charm.

My first love is doing my own comedy stuff.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

In terms of comedy, I never did five-minute sets or clubs or anything. I just started doing shows. Coming from that theater background, it never crossed my mind that I should start doing five-minute sets.

The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.

Whoever is saying the joke is my biggest priority.

I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand.

I was able to tour successfully and attract a fairly wide audience, but it was hard to assert myself as a stand-up because people were more familiar with me as a TV character.

Take my wife... Please!

I'm not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife.