Marc Maron Quotes

At the end of the day, I know that I make my living by dressing up, fooling around, playing pranks and giving people a good time. I am enjoying the ride.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.

I think stand is better now than it's ever been. I think it's the greatest time ever to do standup comedy.

I've definitely always had a passion for entertaining.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

I was doing a show at the Comedy Store which Eddie Izzard saw, and we chatted for a bit afterwards. I didn't really know he was; we just hung out as comedians together, and when he heard my story, he said, 'Why don't you tell that on stage?' I didn't really want to burden people with all that, but he said that I could have fun with it.

I just want to keep people entertained.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

I have fun on stage, so people think maybe they should, too.

I used to have costumed characters come out, like SpongeBob. It's just fun to make it into this minor event, just to surprise people and experiment and be weird and just have fun with it. I've done just the hour stand-up, and that's fun, but the other stuff makes it fun for me and gives me something to react to and bounce off of.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun.

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.

To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.

I never do impressions, but I probably should. People like that stuff.

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

When you're in comedy, people always come up and say, 'Oh, it must be so hard.' It really isn't hard unless you're not good at it. If you can do it, its really kind of fun and easy.

About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.

I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd - it's a kind of a 'make me laugh' attitude. But when you come out as an improvisor, they realize that they're suggesting everything you do. So they're already invested in the scene, and they actually want it to work.

When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement.

I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at.

Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.