Became Quote by Ray Bolger

I was dancing on Broadway for many years. Then everyone was either getting injured or retiring, and I was dancing with younger dancers.

— Wendy Whelan

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

— Margaret Cho

I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.

— Zeena Parkins

Becoming a performer, comedian - anything other than a teacher, really - seemed very far-fetched. So I kind of split off into this separate…

— Quinta Brunson

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

— Shelley Berman

I was a professional dancer before I was an actor.

— Alex Meraz

At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me…

— David Harewood

I was a dancer.

— Inbar Lavi

I wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't funny enough to do it every night.

— John Popper

I never really thought of myself as a physical comedian. But when I was a kid, I used to, you know, pretend to trip…

— Matthew Perry

I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

— Lindsay Wagner

So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and…

— Chris Tucker