Beginning Quote by Deon Cole

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 started doing little amateur nights at the comedy club that was right next to the restaurant that I waitressed in when I was…

— Katherine Ryan

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.

— Sandra Brown

I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.

— Cecily Strong

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

— Eric Bogosian

I moved to Chicago and I did theater, and then I started writing and I stop acting and I did sketch. You know, I…

— Allison Tolman

I remember the senior class play I was in. I was also in the musical, although I can't sing at all, but I wanted…

— Beth Ostrosky Stern

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I…

— Casey Kasem

I started in theater when I was 14 in the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side in New York. You hustle, you…

— Jackee Harry

I actually started working in Chicago while I was still a student; I did the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' at the end…

— Alex Weisman

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and…

— Missi Pyle