Steve Harvey Quotes

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It's all melody to me.

By the way, to perform in front of Don Rickles, it 's not nerve-wrecking. It 's enjoyable, i am enjoying Jeff Garlin. I hope I perform in front of Don Rickles every night of my life !

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

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

I do standup every week in L.A. at the Laugh Factory and the Improv.

Being on 'Whitney' is a job, but stand-up is my life. I could never stop. There's an art to it. I love having strangers laugh with me, so as long as I can continue doing that, I'll be happy. Working on a show and collectively sharing ideas with a cast is great, but stand-up is my first love.

When I was doing stand-up, I was about twenty, and I really think that that's a little too young. I didn't have a whole lot of life experience to draw on.

I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do 'Parks and Recreation'; a big fun character.

Stand-up is my baby.

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 joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

All I know how to do is take what's on my mind and spit it out funny. I don't know what else I could do besides comedy.

I'd love to try comedy, which I've never actually done. I could fail miserably at it, but I'd have fun working it out.

People always mention that they'd love to see me in a comedy again. Maybe it's time - laughter being the best medicine.

When I moved to New York, I didn't know how much improv and comedy would play into my life. I thought I was going to do theater and Broadway and stuff.

I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out of a paper bag and stand-up comedy is a lot harder than it appears.

I definitely enjoyed being in front of an audience, making people laugh, and telling stories, so when I realized I could do all three at the same time, that was it.

There's [John Mulaney Show] jokes that I have in stand up that I wouldn't try to put in, I would try to have someone just speak extemporaneously in the middle of a scene about an episode of "Law and Order" or something.

If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

It's a lot easier to say you're a comic than a performance artist.

I still want to do a comedy series.