Behinds Quote by Noel Fielding

When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy. All she…

— Margaret Cho

I always told my parents, 'Just give me till I'm 27 to do comedy, to make it'.

— Nikki Glaser

My dad always said to me, 'You have got to work,' so I constantly worked and did comedy tours.

— Lee Evans

My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I told him…

— George Takei

My mother said, "Pack your bags and leave." And my father said, "I've already paid for a year and a half - why don't…

— Sigourney Weaver

When I was about 12, I came home from middle school and told my parents I wanted to be an actor. My father didn't…

— Richard Jenkins

I told my mum recently, when I used to envisage my adulthood, it was just me working at a corner shop that mum and…

— Rosie Jones

My father said that I could always become an actress, but I couldn't go back to college later in life. So I had to…

— Vidya Balan

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

— Brett Gelman

I did a practical theatre degree, which I took seriously, and then told my parents I wanted to go into acting - because up…

— Shelley Conn

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

— Anonymous

My parents are very practical people and they told me, 'If this comedy thing is an actual career and a job that you want,…

— Ayo Edebiri