I have always wanted to work in stand up comedy just don't know enough about it to do it
I'd love to help you learn about it! One of the most important qualities you need to have as a stand-up comic is the ability to perform in front of a live audience, ideally you want to speak directly to them. 
Oh that would be intimidating to me do a lot of performers have anxiety or stage fright?
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Stand-up comedy is often performed in corporate events, comedy clubs, bars and pubs, nightclubs, neo-burlesques, colleges and theatres (audiences will give applause breaks more often in theaters
). Outside live performance, stand-up is often distributed commercially via television, DVD, CD and the internet.
It can take an amateur comedian about 10 years to perfect the technique needed to be a professional comedian; this is a constant process of learning through failure.
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in Pasadena, California for several years. He also taught comedy traffic school for five years.
When asked when he knew he wanted to be a writer, he stated, "I thought it happened when I was in high school. But apparently I'd written and talked about being a writer since I was about five. I just don't remember it. Back then I thought I wanted to be an actor and a stand-up comedian. I've done a little of both and want to do more.