david woody allen, eddie murphy, steve martin, all these people were immensely respected. stand ups started yet okay, then let's go. i think a lot of stand up comedians have an ambivalent relationship with stand up comedy. it's almost like a stepping stone for those people like they had something else on their minds. she always fill up the balloons upwards and if they pop the goal. steve martin quit doing stand up at the height of his fame. it was over about a year before i stopped. i wasn't being creative in it anymore, and i didn't really know how to write for such a big audience. i spent $150 for a tape recorder. and as i talk into it, it goes. i know, i know. very shy person. he was the last person in the world you would think would become a performer so as soon as he was able to leave, stand up for movies he did every time i try and do something serious people. people laugh at me, which would be a problem if i tried to do a serious movie ever, you know, and i would like to make a movie where i was real serious, innit comedians that just walked away from stand up becam