Comedy was all I ever wanted.

You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one…

— Bill Burr

'Gutur Gu' is a silent comedy, which I had never done. I wanted to do something out of the box. It's exciting, tough, and…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.

— Virginia Madsen

I wanted to do a comedy. I'd been actively looking for a comedy. I wanted to do one that was different. Nothing against them,…

— Geoff Stults

For me, I wanted to write a book about getting into comedy. That's what I wanted to write.

— Lee Mack

I always wanted to do a comedy, but I wanted to pick the right one. But it came down to working with Steve Carell.…

— Ryan Gosling

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

— Anthony Jeselnik

My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and…

— Judd Apatow

About a year after I moved to Los Angeles, I decided I wanted to be a joke writer for a late night talk show.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I always wanted to act and I always wanted to work in comedy.

— Esther Povitsky

I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted…

— Steven Spielberg

Basically I made her [ Sara Pocock] listen to funk music for a good month, a nonstop stream of George Clinton. I was talking…

— Baron Vaughn

I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of…

— Mike Birbiglia

I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it…

— Anthony Jeselnik

'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy.

— Shane Dawson