Dave Attell Quotes

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I'd give that a twist.

I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

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

I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do.

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

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

Comedy started out as my hobby and then it became my profession. It's like being on call all the time, like having a built-in beeper. You can't just leave the office and relax because you never know when you'll think of something funny.

So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame joke-telling. They're drawn to it as a career move.

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

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.

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.

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

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

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

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.

I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at.

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

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.

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

If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful.

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?