J. B. Smoove Quotes

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.

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

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out there.

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.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

I can be a bit movement-orientated and flamboyant because, essentially, I'm a physical comedian.

Sometimes when I'm performing, whenever my puppet cracks a joke, it actually makes me laugh.

I've done comedy on stage, in fact it is one of my strong points.

I think anybody in front of a crowd is a comedian.

'Where's Bill going?' He's going to comedy death. Boom! He pops out of it with another joke. It's my particular style.

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.

I love stand-up more than anything, and I'm so happy to have found a way to use it in the show.

Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline, no plot line, and no character development.

I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s.

Well, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual.

My job is summer camp. I come and talk and try to make a TV show funny.

I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials.

I heard David Sedaris read live recently which was a complete delight. Few writers make me laugh out loud on the bus. He does.