Appearance Quote by Hari Kondabolu

My first time on stage was the class "graduation" at the Comedy Store. It was awesome. Everything got huge laughs and I just thought…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I started out in comedy gigging and scraping a living together, and eventually worked up to doing shows at the Comedy Store in London…

— Keith Allen

I toured as a nightclub comedian and did some television in New York.

— Jackie Coogan

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

My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann. It was…

— Hannibal Buress

Over the years, I managed to develop this comedy career, went from opening act to headliner at comedy clubs, to playing concert halls, and…

— Mike Birbiglia

I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never…

— Wanda Sykes

I started doing stand-up at the age of 20. This was back in 1976, around the time (coincidence?) that the first comedy clubs were…

— Emo Philips

The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware of it,…

— Louis C. K

When I first realized that I wanted to be a stand-up comedian was when I was in the service.

— Rudy Ray Moore

I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect Day" on…

— Will Smith

I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was…

— Nick Kroll