Quote by Nick Cannon

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

— Jeremy Piven

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

— Eddie Murphy

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

— Sam Seder

I would be fooling myself if I thought I would succeed as an entrepreneur. Maybe my base as a theatre artiste gave me the…

— Ronnie Screwvala

Developing projects of my own and producing and writing and directing is something that's very interesting to me, but you know, one step at…

— Tye Sheridan

I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I'm doing. I don't want to…

— Kevin Hart

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

— Paul Feig

I walked into Relativity Records as a musician who could not be taken advantage of. That's why I wound up owning all my own…

— Joe Satriani

I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught…

— David Trubridge

At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a…

— Jennifer Carpenter

So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every…

— Rupert Sanders

The work that I create for myself has to be enough to sustain me, creatively. It's tricky because this industry is so much about…

— Nia DaCosta