Comedy Quote by Mindy Kaling

I was a big TV kid.When I was a kid, I would go home at 3:00 and watch TV straight through to the end…

— Judd Apatow

I was a terribly quiet, shy child. The comedy thing came when I was at university and I started doing stand-up, which I think…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays!

— Meaghan Jette Martin

I was home-schooled 'cause I wanted to be an actor. I would spend all day watching movies, trying to get through calculus.

— Brie Larson

In my early thirties I was working in television as a researcher. I was really stuck for a period of five years. I got…

— Mary Harron

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

— Bo Burnham

The announcement that I was going to be an actor was made when was I was 10 years old. And that didn't go down…

— Reggie Lee

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my…

— Amy Tan

When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them.…

— Dick Van Dyke

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would…

— David Hyde Pierce

I was nine when I started getting laughs in a school comedy sketch one day, and acting became all I wanted to do. I'm…

— Mathew Horne

I went to college with every intention of being a doctor. I was redirected by my grades. That, and a fake radio show that…

— Chevy Chase