Chris D'Elia Quotes

Stand-up was my entree into the entertainment world. I didn't have to act out somebody else's words. I could just stand there with a microphone, and nobody would interrupt me. It's the most narcissistic thing you could probably do.

I like stand-up. I've done it since I was a teenager, so it's kind of my first job and first kind of creative way to express myself.

Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would bomb miserably. What I realized was that stand-up, acting and writing are all their own disciplines.

I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there.

I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I wrote.

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.

Stand-up is cool. In stand-up, you get to learn about yourself if you do it from a thoughtful place.

Before stand-up, I'm not sure I even had a point of view.

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.

Some people use stand-up to get something else in their careers, but it's truly the art form of stand-up I love.

After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.

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 went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

I became a stand-up because that was my survival.

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

I'll be doing stand-up for the rest of my life. The opportunities that it grants you can't be denied. Stand-up is both the hardest thing I do and the thing I enjoy most.

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.

A lot of people get into stand-up as a back door into acting or something. But I really like writing jokes and telling jokes.

I loved stand-up, but I never thought you could do it as a job.

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in life, and this is, like, the one thing that I have mastery over. It's my world. And anybody who's coming to the show, it's like they're coming because they know that this is my world.