I love stand up comedy! It's basically performing comedy before a live audience!
Me too! I was an improv artist in college. Stand-up is a great way to get into improv
Oh cool, so you were a comic or stand-up back then?
I wanted to be, but improv and stand-up is different. Stand-up is almost like being in sales. You try to sell jokes. 
That's true, they are more frequently reciting jokes than improvising them.
Absolutely. But stand-up is a great way to get into acting because you have a script you do in front of an audience
Agreed, though actors don't have to use props or magic tricks or anything like that to "enhance" their acts.