Actor Quote by Kumail Nanjiani

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.

— Jermaine Fowler

I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

— Jim Gaffigan

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted…

— Demetri Martin

I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.

— Brett Gelman

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was…

— Baron Vaughn

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

— Chris Tucker

I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials. I'm not an actor though, so I don't really have much choice in…

— Dave Attell

I thought I could see how standup worked. I never thought of being an actor - or anything else, really - but I thought,…

— Julian Barratt

I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.

— James Garner

[Stand-up] might be ballsy, but I'd rather not be an actor. Actors are tools.

— Doug Stanhope

I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

— Russell Peters

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it…

— Patton Oswalt