Marcus Brigstocke Quotes

Stand-up comedy is something that you have to strive to do, multiple times a night, every night, to be good.

I moved from acting to stand-up because castings are just about what you look like. It doesn't matter if you can act or not. In comedy, no one cares what you look like.

Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just loved it, and I realized that I was actually kinda good at it, and then that was it.

The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.

People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal.

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success.

I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing and it's what I'm going to keep doing.

Lewis Black taught me stand-up.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.

When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.

Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job.

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.

It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.

I always tell comics you got to hang with your stand-up.

I just loved stand-up comics as a kid. I'd watch them on 'The Tonight Show,' and I thought what a great craft it was to come out on stage with no instrument or anything and be able to entertain people.

I don't do one-liners, because you don't learn anything about that comedian.