Amp Quote by Dane Cook

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just…

— Dane Cook

I took a class from a church comedian and I was squeaky-clean for five, six years of my career starting in churches, corporates and…

— Taylor Tomlinson

I was like the roadie, I was carrying gear, checking things in at airports, making sure they had flowers backstage and interfacing with promoters…

— Annie E. Clark

My first gigs were at university: I'd dress up as Jesus, jump off a cross and dance to a Mick Jagger song. I don't…

— Noel Fielding

I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films, repertory companies.

— Nigel Hawthorne

I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved…

— Nolan North

I was a really camp child! In the 70s, an age of all these amazing musical subcultures, I was sitting in my living room…

— Zoe Ball

I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime.…

— Ken Dodd

I had started in the comedy world in a more traditional way. I was auditioning for TV, film, and commercials while I was making…

— Grace Helbig

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

— Sinbad

In college, I pretty much abandoned music and started performing with the school's improv and sketch troupe, and at some point, that became my…

— Kyle Mooney

I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing…

— Imelda May