Barely getting by Quote by Joel McHale

When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.

— Dean Norris

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

Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just to show off my poetry,…

— Spoken Reasons

I used to do comedy during my theatre days, and I was good at that.

— Pankaj Tripathi

In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.

— Hasan Minhaj

I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

— Denis Norden

I always really loved comedy. It's the only thing I was ever good at.

— Ali Wong

I think because of the Internet I was able to study comedy from quite a young age and watch a lot of comedy.

— Bo Burnham

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.

— Mel Rodriguez

I have always survived with comedy, in that I grew up very dyslexic and did not get good grades. I always thought I was…

— Joel McHale

I started in comedy when I was a kid, doing impressions for family members. Comedy was the way to engage people.

— Harris Dickinson