Johnny Vegas Quotes

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

Just to talk in front of people is scary. And now you gotta learn how to be funny, and now you gotta learn how to make people laugh at what you think is funny. That's not easy.

Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.

Stand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst.

I never wanted to be road comic.

People often tell me that they have no idea how I can do standup. The idea of trying to make a large group of strangers laugh is, for many, absolutely petrifying - and it is - but there are ways of gradually developing the material that can ease the fear.

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

There are so many really good comedians, and I would never be as good as they are. It's not my calling.

Stand-up. It's the only place I'm comfortable.

When you start out, it sometimes feels like you're fighting audiences every night just to prove that you're funny.

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.

I graduated from Improv Olympic. I used to do standup comedy.

With stand-up you can just be yourself on stage. And ideally, you can't see the crowd most of the time - it's just lights in your face. But I still have had terrible stage fright.

Especially when I'm heckled, that's a sticky situation because I don't defuse it... I really envy guys who have a grittier onstage presence and can really go after someone. I used to teach preschool.

I love comedy and I did a few gigs here and there but it never really took off. It was too scary.

I've been entertaining men with my comedy for many, many years, and I don't plan on stopping.

I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.

I wasn't properly performing in Canada. I was just starting out, and when everyone starts out, they're terrible. I'm sure there are some Kellyanne Conway videos of me just really dying on a stage.

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.