Jeff Foxworthy Quotes

Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

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 think I always was a bit of a class clown, but I don't know how successful I was at that. I always think, when I read about people being class clowns, I imagine them being actually very funny, and I don't know that I was. But I tried to be, I think.

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

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

The jokes I used to do on 'Sex and the City' were always comic character things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter.

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.

I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

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 saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

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

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

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

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

What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.

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

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

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.

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