Jon Stewart Quotes

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.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

I try to make the majority of my audience laugh.

It was a very funny conference. I knew [Christopher Hitchens] before that. He had always been a good angel to me. He once stole a phrase from me that came out of his mouth on television. I saw his eyes move sideways. I thought, It's alright, you can have it! The conference was light on women. Salman Rushdie showed up, they were doing their own thing. I didn't feel neglected!

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

There is nothing more joyful to me than hearing a live audience laugh. Especially when I planned it that way!

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

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.

The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

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

The jokes I used to do on 'Sex and the City' were always comic character things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.

There's so much joy in doing comedy work, and that's one of the reasons I like to do it - because it's just a hilarious day at work.

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

I always loved working in comedy.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

To me, comedy is a game.

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

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

I don't think comedy will ever die.