After Quote by Chelsea Peretti

I had to host a comedy show the day after 9/11, and I really knocked it out of the park. But that was before…

— Karen Kilgariff

I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took…

— Bill Burr

I walked on a high wire at Battersea power station for Comic Relief in 2011. It was the scariest but the most exciting moment.…

— Helen Skelton

I was in New York 9/11. Mark's [Wahlberg] from Boston, flew there immediately after. I was in Nice Bastille Day when the truck drove…

— Peter Berg

I hit rock bottom when I was doing "The Brady Brides." I was supposed to be at the studio, screen testing to pick the…

— Maureen McCormick

I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive feeling was…

— Al Jolson

For the first actual comedy-comedy I did, I took a comedy class in New York, which was full of slightly unhinged people. It was…

— Zach Woods

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.

— Sarah Polley

I was in the Air Force and was a boom operator (in-flight refueling). I got my comedy start in the Air Force.

— Sinbad

I was in Manhattan during 9/11, and that was really the only thing that I related to as far as a disaster on a…

— Alexandra Daddario

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down…

— Sherman Hemsley

I never did comedy or tragedy. I just live a situation and my mission is to entertain people.

— Rajpal Yadav