Comedy Quote by Dana Carvey

I won an amateur night, October 8th, 1985. I went to work the next day and quit my job.

— Steve Harvey

I did stand-up comedy for a long time in San Francisco, and then I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to move to…

— Nico Santos

I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they…

— Dat Phan

I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.

— Alan Colmes

I was in Los Angeles in 1968, and I was fortunate enough to be a writer on 'Laugh-In' and a couple of other television shows.

— Lorne Michaels

I won the first contest I ever entered, when I was 6.

— Ryan Sheckler

I graduated from Improv Olympic. I used to do standup comedy.

— Redfoo

January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct…

— Hari Kondabolu

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 actually participated in a Little Miss Orange Blossom Contest when was I was seven or eight years old. I remember standing up on…

— Kate DiCamillo

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I…

— Frankie Avalon

I'm from Oakland and I started doing comedy around 2001.

— Moshe Kasher