Marcus Brigstocke Quotes

I tried do stand-up, and I was horrible. And I'll never do it again.

I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.

I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.

The first time I did stand-up was on a dare.

George Lopez is always on the verge of hilarity. If he could ever think of something funny to say, if he had a funny thought in his mind, he's ready to go.

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

Comedy is very difficult. I love it because when you do it right, it's the best feeling in the world.

My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such admiration and envy because it's such an amazing thing to make someone laugh.

I just want to make people laugh, and I want to do that the best way possible.

I don't really do stand-up.

Most open-mic experiences I had were okay.

The hardest part of comedy is writing the jokes, and the second-hardest part is telling the jokes. To me, everything else is significantly easier.

I don't have any writers. I never get a laugh with somebody else's jokes. I can't do it justice.

Comedy kind of terrifies me. I feel pretty intimidated.

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

My first open mic, I drank a full pitcher of beer by myself. I wasn't afraid of being in front of people as much as, Is this funny?

Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.

I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.

Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.