Early Quote by Ari Shaffir

I told a joke and people laughed and it was the best feeling. I knew I wanted to do this as a career. I…

— Chris Tucker

I was a bit of a show-off at school. I told jokes a lot because I wanted to have friends.

— Ainsley Harriott

As a kid, I was always the jokester. I was telling stories at dinner and trying to make people laugh.

— Wyck Godfrey

I was always good at being observationally funny - like, contributing something funny to the conversation.

— Jon Hamm

As a kid, I was always the jokester. I was telling stories at dinner and trying to make people laugh. I guess I've always…

— Wyck Godfrey

We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later…

— Muriel Spark

I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people…

— John Prine

I always knew I was quite good at getting laughs. At school, I loved having a ready audience if I made a cheeky remark.

— Michael McIntyre

I always made people laugh, and everybody wanted me to sit at the table with them. I don't joke as much as I used…

— Missy Elliot

I find many of the people that I've worked with to be incredibly funny.

— Paul Rudd

Because of my disability I do find that people can be a bit uncomfortable around me, so I've always had one-liners and jokes in…

— Rosie Jones

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

— Bob Uecker