Sean Lock Quotes

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.

If I'm not in the theatre, I'm in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.

Stand-up comedy is something that you have to strive to do, multiple times a night, every night, to be good.

I have always wanted to do comedy.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

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

With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.

I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

I always tell comics you got to hang with your stand-up.

I really want to do comedy.

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

I love doing stand-up, and the more you do outside of stand-up to raise your profile, the better your stand-up becomes in terms of the quality of gigs.

I just realized at a certain point that no matter how much writing I did, I'm still a gym rat for comedy clubs.

I'd been doing standup since college.

The hardest part of comedy is writing the jokes, and the second-hardest part is telling the jokes. To me, everything else is significantly easier.

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 know I'm going to be doing standup for the rest of my life.

Comedians really are like a species. That's not to be exclusive. Anyone can kind of become one. You have to pay your dues, though.

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

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

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