Art Quote by Steve Martin

I don't have a story about how when I was a kid I wanted to do comedy.

— Janelle James

My theory as to why I first became a comedian is that my mother was always keenest on my younger brother, Dan. It doesn't…

— David Baddiel

It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest…

— Ron White

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and…

— Sandra Bernhard

I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.

— Elayne Boosler

I wish people would understand that comedy is an art form, and that the same thing that makes a Picasso painting is the same…

— Godfrey

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

— Matthew Perry

A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have…

— Will Ferrell

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

— Jim Gaffigan

My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in the sky.

— Craig Robinson

I think I have always tried to connect my comedy to my art.

— Louie Anderson

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