What Katt Williams has said about Stand-up comedy craft
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Katt Williams, Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer; author of the memoir Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines, has been quoted on Stand-up comedy craft 3 times in 1 episode of The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Williams says he relied on comedy to change his mood long before considering it a career.
“I never thought I would be involved in comedy, but I learned early that I could count on comedy to help me change how I felt”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Katt Williams: I Lied My Way Into Comedy! List The 300 People Ahead Of You, Then Outwork Each One! (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 28:34
Williams says he evaluated rival comedians by counting the laughs they generated per set.
“I'm watching their comedy and I'm counting sales. How many times do people laugh?”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Katt Williams: I Lied My Way Into Comedy! List The 300 People Ahead Of You, Then Outwork Each One! (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:48
Williams says he deliberately spent years in Sacramento to become funny for white audiences without changing who he was.
“I need to be as funny as I possibly can for these white audiences”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Katt Williams: I Lied My Way Into Comedy! List The 300 People Ahead Of You, Then Outwork Each One! (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:13
Episodes
Katt Williams: I Lied My Way Into Comedy! List The 300 People Ahead Of You, Then Outwork Each One!The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Nov 9, 2026 · 1 h 50 min
Comedian Katt Williams tells Steven Bartlett about childhood abuse, running away at 13, his path into stand-up, self-funded specials, faith, and self-worth.
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