Always Quote by Rachel Parris

I've got quite a few friends in the comedy world as you meet a lot of people.

— Lee Mack

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]

— Anonymous

“Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.) [ Said on his deathbed ]”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.

— Elvis Costello

With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not…

— Neil Patrick Harris

I am always a great fan of keeping things on an eye level for comedy because it plays better.

— James Bobin

The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a red rubber…

— Mel Brooks

I started performing when I was 9 or 10, doing magic.

— Matt McGorry

I started performing in college, but I wasn't writing a lot.

— Cole Swindell

I remember when I started performing, I thought, 'Why is this something that we do after hours, underground?' I was waiting on the world…

— Alyssa Edwards

When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.

— Patina Miller

Until I started performing in public, when at the end of the concert people would come to me with teary eyes and say that…

— Javed Ali

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA.

— Janelle Monae

When I started performing, I played acoustic music, partly because that way you don't have to worry about interacting too much with other people…

— Patty Griffin

I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to…

— Mamie Gummer