Birthday Quote by Annaleigh Ashford

I started performing at home as a kid putting on shows and lip-syncing Michael Jackson for the grown-ups. Then, in musicals and plays in…

— Matisyahu

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

— Delta Goodrem

I did a gig as a standup when I was eight years old. I went on holiday with my family to this holiday camp…

— Romesh Ranganathan

I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being…

— Helen Reddy

I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances.

— Chingy

When I was about nine or 10, I was on a few random talent shows in shopping malls.

— Zara Larsson

I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being…

— Kate Brown

I have been giving live performances since childhood, and I continue to do so professionally.

— Roop Durgapal

I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was…

— Nick Kroll

My career has been in a weird kind of like low-flying under the radar-kind of place. I never made it on "Saturday Night Live"…

— Jim Carrey

I didn't really start performing until high school. My whole family is actually in the business, and started in the business in Chicago, so…

— Jessie Mueller

I'd done performance art sporadically from about 1976 - very personal street things on my own. Acting seemed like a natural step from that.…

— Keith Allen