Andy Kindler Quotes

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

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.

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.

Rhythm and timing are so important in comedic acting.

I come from standup and improv.

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?

I love to work. I love doing standup.

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

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

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.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

I wanted to be a comedian.

I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have pretty good sense of comic timing, so I'd really like to try that.

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode.