Moshe Kasher Quotes

A lot of my best stuff is just ad libs on stage, and that's one thing that I've gotten back to at the live show.

When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years.

In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door, I'll use the door. I always like to use everything at my disposal, which makes each show a little different and a little more fun.

I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.

These actors like Danny McBride and Jonah Hill are so good at improvising, and when they do it, it's this fun moment for the audience. It makes them feel like they're watching something fresh and new.

With comedy, I like to not rehearse and just have fun with it, because I think being spontaneous is the best thing for a comedy, in my opinion.

A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot.

There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.

Improvisation is about finding the best joke or the silliest way to get something across. Improvising conflict is always fun because you can just go for it.

No one set that I ever do is the same. I mean, if I go to a comedy club, and I perform three sets, all three sets are different because anything can happen in between sets.

I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.

Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.

My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes.

I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.

I used to have costumed characters come out, like SpongeBob. It's just fun to make it into this minor event, just to surprise people and experiment and be weird and just have fun with it. I've done just the hour stand-up, and that's fun, but the other stuff makes it fun for me and gives me something to react to and bounce off of.

I don't know what Tracy Morgan does onstage, but I can assure you, it's no act.

Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.

Sometimes, comedy and entertainment is not all about telling jokes; sometimes you just have to be you for a few moments.

Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also have to challenge myself to make something funny out of a premise. I never have my own jokes written. I have to change things as I go along, and I have to entertain myself.

I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago it just wouldn't be any fun.

I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting to what's happening like a real person instead of doing rote memorization.

My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.