Karen Kilgariff Quotes

No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian playing, I'd go watch.

I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.

Here's what I tell people now when they come to my shows: 'First of all, thank you for stimulating the economy, or at least my economic package.'

I always tell people if you want to do something, go to a great comedy show. And that's what I try to do: give people a really good comedy show.

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

Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away.

I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.

Women do come up to me after a show, but it's usually to say, 'Yhank you for making us laugh,' and all that.

Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious. You never really know it until you've got everyone dressed up, the set is built, all the extras are here.

I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good.

'Saturday Night Live' is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.

'Saturday Night Live' is live television. Nothing can compare to that.

My goal in any show is to make people laugh. That's the No. 1 thing. Everything else pales in comparison to that.

There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me.

Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.

With Twitter, you just want to make people laugh in their meeting; on stage, people have paid for their tickets with their hard-earned money, so I owe them the truth as I experience it.

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.

Oh, I love stand-up.

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

I really don't mind being a comedian because I get the chance to make people laugh and I think that's truly a gift.

I'll go in a minute to see a sketch show.