Julia Sweeney Quotes

I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.

I don't really do stand-up.

From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you.

I like jokes and one-liners. I enjoy entertaining and making people laugh, being the funny man. But when I'm launched into unfamiliar environments I shut down, and as I relax then my character emerges.

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the show.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

I still do standup.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people.

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

To be honest, I don't know really what I do on stage.

I'm comfortable in front of the camera, but I can't act.

I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

I was always explaining why my term papers were never on time. I think that's where I got my acting training!

I know it sounds silly, but it takes some time getting used to all the cameras in your face. I think it's like playing jazz. After I learn the rules, I can have fun and play a little bit.

I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.

When you're a co-host, you've got to consider what the other person is saying and take the next step and get the laugh or get to the end of the story. You've got to make it happen and then move on to the next story.

Stand-up. It's the only place I'm comfortable.

I guess I was the class clown - with a name like Albert Einstein, you don't hide in the back. I'd read the school bulletin to the class, and I'd add activities and make stuff up. It was good, a good 10 minutes every morning.