Friends Quote by Mae Martin

In college, I pretty much abandoned music and started performing with the school's improv and sketch troupe, and at some point, that became my…

— Kyle Mooney

But I started out as a comedian doing sketch work where you get to write, produce and direct your own stuff.

— Sam Seder

When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my…

— Rachel Bloom

I started working right away as a kid, so I didn't have a chance to go to improv school or anything like that; I…

— Kenan Thompson

When I decided I wanted to be an actor in high school, I really went into improv. I took classes at The Groundlings. I…

— Simon Helberg

My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National…

— Didi Conn

I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I…

— Martin Mull

I went to comprehensive school in North London and left without any qualifications [diploma]. And I was doing bits of acting and improv in…

— Joe Wright

I did a gig as a standup when I was eight years old. I went on holiday with my family to this holiday camp…

— Romesh Ranganathan

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

— Dexter Fletcher

I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I have no…

— Alison Moyet

I had to work at it - audition and fail, get things and lose others. If you really want something, you keep going.

— Danielle Macdonald