Acting Quote by Scott Adsit

I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I was going…

— Scott Adsit

I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I…

— Paul Rudd

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

When I started out, I wanted to be a serious actor. I never thought I'd get into comedy.

— Charlotte Rae

Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than…

— Steve Carell

I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.

— Simon Bird

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

— Gillian Jacobs

I always wanted to act and I always wanted to work in comedy.

— Esther Povitsky

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

— Ben Stiller

I moved out to L.A. to be a filmmaker or director. I didn't even think about doing comedy or even acting. I wanted to…

— Bill Hader

I've done so many dramas in my life, and people don't even know I came from comedy.

— Kim Basinger

I first started as an actor, but there was no money in it, which is why I drifted into comedy.

— Bradley Walsh