Character Quote by Gabriel Iglesias

I've always been funny. I look back in the day, when I would take the mic from my dad in church and just start…

— Brandon T. Jackson

I think that when I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of…

— Will Arnett

In comedy, you see yourself as a newcomer and then you realize you've been doing it for 18, 20 years, which is ridiculous.

— Noel Fielding

When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh,…

— Steven Wright

I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things…

— Gary Numan

I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was…

— Khalid

People who have heard of me have heard of me mostly through presenting and asked, 'Why have you gone into comedy?'

— Ellie Taylor

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

— Samm Levine

I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I…

— Don Rickles

A friend of mine was watching TV one day and he just was like, 'I bet you want to do comedy,' and he was…

— Deon Cole

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and…

— Sandra Bernhard

Many, many years ago, I stood on the stage and told bad jokes and did Sophie Tucker as an impersonation, and nobody looked up;…

— Don Rickles