Comedy Quote by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I was very young, and I kind of decided I wanted to do comedy. My parents were musicians, so we traveled on a tour…

— Trevor Moore

I started in comedy when I was a kid, doing impressions for family members. Comedy was the way to engage people.

— Harris Dickinson

In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.

— Hasan Minhaj

Comedy helped me open up and be vulnerable with people and actually listen when people talk.

— Chris Redd

I just always loved comedy and I really wanted to be good at it. And it was heartbreaking, 'cause I started and I wasn't…

— Louis C. K

My parents passed away when I was a teenager, so I had to learn different survival techniques, I think, in comedy. You know, using…

— Jeff Ross

I always loved comedy, but it never seemed like something that I could do professionally.

— Anthony Jeselnik

My whole life, growing up, I always wanted to be in comedy. I never felt comfortable doing the 'teen hunk' thing.

— Dustin Milligan

Comedy has always been my saving grace. It's helped me find my voice. It's helped me figure out how to talk about stuff in…

— Michelle Buteau

Once I found out there were places that people went to congregate and that there were schools to practice the craft of comedy, that's…

— Quinta Brunson

I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious…

— Phoebe Robinson

I've always been, like, a book-smart person; I'm very into language and reading, and that really lends itself to comedy, because you have to…

— Janelle James