Jeff Ross Quotes

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.

I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.

For me, I've worked hard for people to think I'm funny.

The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.

I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.

I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.

If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work.

Every time I come out, there's more and more people paying attention, so I gotta show out every time.

As a former stand-up comic from my University of Michigan days, the opportunity to participate in a Friars Club roast was bucket-list stuff.

That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.

Pressure, responsibility - I'm used to playing in big clubs.

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.

There's depth in my comedy.

Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.

I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed the laughter. It's very addictive. It's a lovely sensation to say something and hear a whole room laugh.

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves.

I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.

I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices, so he booked a gig for me without telling me. I only had four days to write it. I did a seven-minute set; the first four minutes were terrible, but the last two were amazing.

I would like to explore comedy more. It's not something that I've done a lot of. Obviously, I'm very at home in drama. I like everything.

Nothing can help my comedy.

Stand-up is hard.