David Cross Quotes

Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

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

Jesse has opened for me extensively on the road so I’ve seen him do hundreds of sets. He is always super funny, has tons of material and the crowds love him. Bottom line, Jesse Joyce is a great comedian.

Anybody can go onstage and be dirty. You have to be funny, that's the key. You can say anything as long as it's funny. You can't take it too seriously up there. And people coming to see you can't take it too seriously.

Everything I do is intended to make people laugh and think. I just think something is funny, it's not hurting anybody, not stabbing anybody, not shooting anybody, not making anybody watch me perform. There are thousands of comedians, don't come see me because it's not like I hide it.

I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people are born comedians ... just like some people are born dentists.

Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.

I grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention.

I think anybody in front of a crowd is a comedian.

I was always sort of a ham as a kid, just always wanting to entertain and to get people to laugh.

You're always on duty because you're in a constant state of observation. That's one of the challenges of being a comedian. I think one of the other challenges is that, whether we like it or not, it's a profession that requires failure. It doesn't just encourage failure. It requires it because it's all trial and error. You need to know what doesn't work to know what works.

I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done.

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline, no plot line, and no character development.

In my stand-up, I generally improvise from an outline.

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

Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

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

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.