Being funny Quote by Conan O'Brien

I knew I could make people laugh but I was frightened of doing it. I thought, 'What if I'm crap, what if I'm no…

— Peter Kay

I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder…

— Dana Carvey

A nightmare would be when somebody is trying to be funnier than everyone else. And you've got a group scene or two-person scene, and…

— Scott Adsit

I have grown up a lot over the years and now I can laugh about the silly mistakes I made on TV.

— Megan McKenna

I was terrified of being on television - and also I overcompensated, I'm sure, because I know I did this in my personal life…

— Janeane Garofalo

When people say, 'I don't like laughter on a TV show', I think, 'How do you cope when you're watching a stand-up gig live?'…

— Lee Mack

I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't very funny.

— Carrot Top

My deepest fear about doing TV, especially about doing a network comedy, was what if it felt too surface-y? What if it felt too…

— Ari Graynor

I found out when I was very young that I could make people laugh. I think I was a dreadful showoff.

— Geraldine James

That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do things then…

— John Cleese

Every time I do anything with TV, I always go away going, 'That was so fun.'

— Sara Evans

Everyone, everywhere, and all the time, used to laugh at me when I was growing up. So, when I was around 18, I thought,…

— Emo Philips