Actor Quote by Mark Williams

I never did stand-up. If I've been funny ever, it was with other actors.

— Valerie Harper

I did stand-up for a long time, and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage will always…

— Kevin Durand

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up…

— Robin Williams

I did stand-up for a long time and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage will always…

— Kevin Durand

I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City) and I…

— Sarah Silverman

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 went from an unemployed actor's life to doing stand-up comedy, and that was fortuitous. It's not the usual way the crow flies, going…

— Catherine Tate

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one…

— Kevin Hart

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

— Brett Gelman

There is something about being a director where, for me personally, I get to . . . it's the closest I'll ever come to…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

When I started out doing comedy, I was still in college and was working day jobs. I taught preschool for a few years. And…

— Josh Gondelman

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said…

— Eric Bana