Quotes About Stand-up

I went to stand-up when my rock n' roll dreams weren't coming true. I knew it wasn't going to happen when I was in a New Wave band in 1992 - at the height of grunge. Then I heard No Doubt's 'Spiderwebs' and I said, 'Well, we're done.' They did - and succeeded at - what we were trying to do.

I think 'everything sucks' is too often leaned upon as a comedic stance. It's a really easy and pretty weak perspective.

I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

Stand-up is my heart and now I get a chance to do that and the music altogether. That's going to be great. I'm trying to be the Sammy Davis Jr. of 2005. I'm planning on going out with Cedric the Entertainer because he's got that musical bone, too.

When you do comedy, you can't please the world, although I'd like to think that most of my audiences were on my side.

There were plenty of times before I did stand-up where I needed counselling, but I didn't go because it would have meant I was officially ill.

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

I'm not a mean comic, I don't want to turn anybody off - I just want to give a point of view or my take on things that everyone can laugh at.

Before stand-up, I'm not sure I even had a point of view.

There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can't hurt you anymore when you've been completely dismantled.

My stand-up act is very clean.

I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield.

I've never gone to comedy clubs.

Obviously, people give me their opinions of Dwane Casey and everything has been nothing but positive words about him - just the way he coaches, the way he is as a human being. From what I've heard, he's a stand-up guy.

I always think stand-up is the most brutal environment for a comedian.

A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle.

I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. If you find me funny, good.

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

I always wanted to be a popular comedian.

I have never bought into this view that some people have that the job of the comedian is to espouse opinions and change the world - I think the job of a comedian is to be funny.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I just think of myself as a comedian, really.

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.