Believe Quote by Mario Batali

I was so desperate to get a job on TV (with no money), that I dressed as an old lady, went to the TV…

— Omar Chaparro

Instead of cartoons, I was the kid who was watching Food Network, falling asleep to Emeril and Rachael Ray.

— Ayesha Curry

One of the first shows I ever did was 'Laverne & Shirley.' I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend…

— Fred Willard

Lucky me, the producer was arriving, and when he saw me [dressed as an old lady], he didn't know what to think. I told…

— Omar Chaparro

I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch,…

— John Lithgow

I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the…

— John Schlesinger

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming…

— Martin Yan

I did three television shows in Poughkeepsie in one day, with Adrian Adonis and The Iron Sheik. They gave us no food.

— Roddy Piper

No one was asking me to be on TV. So I made my own late-night TV talk show.

— Billy Eichner

I was a host and a busboy and a barback.

— Max Aaron

I had a Taco Bell audition where I had to wear a huge sombrero and walk around like an idiot. I got call-backs for…

— Mark Cuban

I remember I used to go to The Laugh Factory and just goof off onstage, and then I'd see Dane Cook. He did a…

— Jay Mohr