Audience Quote by Jerry Stiller

Not necessarily in the beginning, thinking I would have a career in comedy, but I was always interested in making people laugh.

— Reggie Watts

I had a very happy upbringing; I love funny people and love to make them laugh.

— Richard Herring

Humor was a big part of my childhood. My family was full of comedians. We'd sit around the dinner table and try to one-up…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

When I started acting, doing theater stuff at a young age, I was always the comic relief-type roles, so I knew I had a…

— Kenan Thompson

My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no…

— Mike Myers

I've always wanted to make people laugh. It's been my only ambition, ever since my dad introduced me to the genius of the great…

— Diane Morgan

I found out when I was very young that I could make people laugh. I think I was a dreadful showoff.

— Geraldine James

I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road, saying…

— Dorothy Gish

I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age…

— George Carlin

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my…

— Josh Gad

I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.

— Elayne Boosler

Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh.

— Robyn Hitchcock