David Steinberg Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“When I started, you didn't make a lot of money by being a comedian. You didn't get a lot of respect.”

“When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.”

“You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.”

“Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested.”

“In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period as you are.”

“On 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' it takes almost a year to get 10 shows written. It always reminds me of my old yeshiva days, where you used to sit over a piece of Talmud and analyze everything that was going on.”

“The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.”

“The whole idea of doing the Hollywood thing never even occurred to me. When you grow up on the East coast, Hollywood seems like this fantasy land and you don't think that people can actually make a living there.”