Hal Roach Quotes

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

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

Comedy requires a lot of energy.

I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.

Comedy and music are so similar because it's all about timing.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

A lot of people think that comedy is sort of a cop out to not wrestling seriously, but I actually would argue that comedy is much more difficult than wrestling seriously because you have to be creative in almost everything that you do if you want the comedy to make sense within the realms of pro wrestling.

Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes I could say anything and it would get a laugh. Then I'd better deliver. In the movie it's the same thing. You get a lot of laughs when people first sit down and then the story better kick in. Many years in front of an audience, I would hope, give me a sense of what works.

In my stand-up, I generally improvise from an outline.

I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.

I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives.

Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk out on stage, and you have a minute to hook them, or they'll start booing. As a writer, it's very similar. A reader doesn't have time to say, 'I'll give him 50 pages, as it's not very good yet, but I hope it'll get better.'

I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

For comedy, timing is key.

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

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

I've grown as a storyteller, and my comedic timing has gotten better.

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

On my Superwoman channel, I am more of a performer, I am aiming to make you guys laugh. With vlogs, it's just me and my day, boring or fun.