Actors Quote by Christopher Walken

I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor.

— Brett Gelman

My background is in musical comedy.

— Christopher Walken

You start out as an artist in some way or other. And my background is all theater, and I goofed into doing TV comedy.

— Brad Hall

When I started out, I wanted to be a serious actor. I never thought I'd get into comedy.

— Charlotte Rae

Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than…

— Steve Carell

My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.

— Skylar Astin

Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor.

— Noah Emmerich

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.

— Bo Burnham

I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I…

— Christopher Walken

I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.

— Eddie Murphy

Even more than the comedy thing, I really wanted to be an actor.

— Will Sasso

As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.

— Ari Graynor