Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.
Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.
Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my place in the business.
I've been doing stand-up since '89.
I've actually never done standup before.
I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy.
The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.
I started doing stand-up in college.
The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.