Johnny Vegas Quotes

When I was doing stand-up, there were a lot of things I talked about that seemed very silly but were therapeutic.

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters.

Stand-up is great because I can get everything off my chest.

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter.

Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.

I had enough therapy to know when I broke it down, it became clearer to me: Yes, comedy was kind of a cleansing thing for me to do.

I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.

I love the privilege of looking back on my life every three years, turning it into a comedy show, and sharing it with an audience. It's incredibly cathartic.

A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I can't prescribe medicine. (You still need a doctorate, which is bullshit.) Okay, so I'm not like a psychiatrist. Fine. But I'm still like a psychologist (except I can't diagnose or treat mental illness).

Acting is therapeutic.

My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.

I really try to have fun. If I don't have fun, you won't have fun. That's what my gift is: to relieve people from a little of the pain and comfort in their lives by allowing my comedy to distract them. A good laugh is almost as good as any doctor visit.

I do find acting cathartic.

Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.

I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going.

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

We, 'Psych,' saved America. That's the tag line.

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines.

I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage.

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

I tried to walk away from standup, but it's been my therapy - my way of expressing anger, disappointments, and fears and celebrating my hopes. It helps to regulate my thought process.

Comedy is saving me.