Stand Up Quotes

I worked with the Groundlings, doing sketch comedy and improv at a theater here in L.A. It was my hobby, but I took classes and stayed passionate about it because it's what I wanted to do. It just fit. It takes a while before you can actually make money at it. I worked for years.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

I'm a very observational type of comedian that points out everyday absurdities.

Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.

You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.

I'm fascinated by comedy.

I've always been funny, but I never considered it as a particular career path until my early 30s, when I realized that hip-hop wasn't going to be the long term.

My dream is to be on 'Saturday Night Live.' I'm going to do everything to make that happen.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice.

It's a very hard goal. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to stand up to the bully and not let it be OK - tell a teacher, the principal, or your parents. I want people to stand up and to be confident.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

Comedy is very effortless.

Comedy was an easy choice for me because I didn't have a career.

Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing. It always has the potential to be a blast.

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.

If you can't be president - if you cannot stand up and represent Americans, you should not be president.

From its onset, the labor movement has been at the forefront of the fight to improve working conditions and workplace safety. At the local level, knowing their union has their back gives workers the confidence and support they need to stand up and report harassment, poor working conditions, or workplace safety violations.

We, as a Congress, have to stand up to a president who acts like the Bill of Rights and the Constitution were repealed on September 11.

I've seen stand up comedy, and after a while you start to notice that a lot of people are doing things that are like a lot of other people. There can be a bit of a herd mentality, and that's obviously less interesting because there's less going on. I'm just being totally frank with you.

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

In stand-up, there's that idea that comedy comes from a dark place, but it's not a rule.

Nelson Mandela just died, so that says so much because it's a tremendously powerful and great man who was very sensitive. Loved all people, forgave his enemies, and showed the world how to stand up and do it the right way.

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers, and people with a lot of... sheriffs. Good people and bad people, but lots of drama, and to get a chance to be genuinely silly is a great treat for me.