I was a very earnest child. I was not funny. I would get laughed at for my earnestness, so I learned to hide. But eventually, I learned to get the laughs on purpose. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Those are my influences, really. Old movies. A lot of people ask who your comedic influences growing up were, but I don't think that a lot of funny people are influenced by comedy. They are the conductors of comedy, and… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I would love to write something that I'm not in and just be in a rehearsal room as a writer. But I love theater. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in Oregon. I have a younger brother and an older sister. We were very poor. VERY POOR. We lived in a… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in a trailer until I was 5 or 6, and then my dad chased us out with a gun. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I do have that secret desire to be a cabaret star and just sing Cole Porter medleys. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I just wanted to make the stupidest, funniest thing possible. My version of Mary Todd Lincoln is basically just me. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
The first Broadway show that I ever saw was 'Kiss Me, Kate.' I was in New York, on a school trip. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There's something so embarrassing about doing characters and talking about it. It's humiliating. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I went to school at Marymount Manhattan College for a year, and then I dropped out. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I don't understand relationships. I feel like I'm pretending when I'm in one. Like, 'Oh yeah, I love eating with my left hand. This… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
