Pat McAfee Quotes

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.

As a kid, I was always the jokester. I was telling stories at dinner and trying to make people laugh.

Getting a laugh was what I'd been doing with my family and at school since the age of three.

I think no matter where you're from, you're going to be laughing about stuff going on around you.

I listen to a lot of standup comics.

I believe it is tough to be funny and tougher to make people laugh. And it needs to be been done effortlessly. A joke can be comedy, but one can kill the joke if it is delivered badly.

I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.

Making people laugh was automatic.

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes.

Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away.

I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.

I heard David Sedaris read live recently which was a complete delight. Few writers make me laugh out loud on the bus. He does.

I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good.

Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.