Bill Engvall Quotes

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.

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

I've actually done a lot of comedy.

Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.

I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.

I enjoy stand up so much because I take time off, and then I'll be excited to go back to it.

My job is to take what I think is funny and to make other people think it's funny, too.

I took a stand-up comedy class because I'd always wanted to.

I've done the Hoboken Comedy Festival. It's cool.

I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.

It's true; I have a skill and it's... it has not related to acting, it's not related to auditions, it's not related to studios, not related to public whim. It's whether I'm funny or not and whether I can entertain people.

I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials.

A lot of times, working in stand up, you're by yourself, and so you just have to rely on yourself only... but I like working in an ensemble.

We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three.

With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.

I started stand-up in 2007. I'd done a couple of gigs before that, but not much, and I was in a sketch group at Uni from 2005 as well.

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

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 know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

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

I gravitated toward stand-up because there's no overhead. I mean, literally, there's no overhead: Often, you're outdoors performing in front of groups of people.

As a comic, I used to know more about pop culture.

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

The really good stand up comedians can be angry but relatable, and they have interestingly humanizing personalities. Their observational skills are far greater than mine, so I'll just stick to reading lines off a page.