Eddie Izzard Quotes

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.

As a stand-up comic, you have to do the road.

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.

I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

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

Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.

I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on 'The Tonight Show.' There's truly nothing like it; it's intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual.

I wanted to absorb the comedy world by osmosis. But I really loved kind of throwing myself in head first.

I was lucky enough to find stand-up really early in life. And I'm so grateful that I did, because the second I found it, I was like, 'I know what I want to do'.

If I want to be a real comedian, I can't let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material.

I started pursuing stand-up comedy in 12th grade.

Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money.

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

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

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

Some people use stand-up to get something else in their careers, but it's truly the art form of stand-up I love.

I never thought I'd end up doing comedy, but actually, it's been something I've really relished the challenge of and ended up doing quite a bit of.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.