Act Quote by Roger Craig Smith

I started doing stand-up in college.

— Carlos Alazraqui

I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I…

— Jack Whitehall

I'd been doing standup since college.

— Scott Rogowsky

I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good…

— Anonymous

Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would…

— Patton Oswalt

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was…

— Baron Vaughn

I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.

— Brett Gelman

When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.

— J. B. Smoove

When I started out doing comedy, I was still in college and was working day jobs. I taught preschool for a few years. And…

— Josh Gondelman

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up…

— Robin Williams

I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always…

— Seth MacFarlane

I really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And I just want more interesting jobs. I…

— Patton Oswalt