Activist Quote by Tommy Chong

When I first realized that I wanted to be a stand-up comedian was when I was in the service.

— Rudy Ray Moore

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

— Margaret Cho

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

— Nina Simone

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

— Pearl Cleage

At one time I wanted to be a comedian.

— Jamie Park

I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me.

— Maria Dahvana Headley

I spent nine days in the Downtown Los Angeles City Jail. The judge gave me a suspended sentence and I went to work that…

— Louis Armstrong

I was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but didn't know…

— Aisha Tyler

If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist.…

— John Oliver

I'm a comedian, and I decided I wanted to be a comedian when I was eight years old watching old Saturday Night Live episodes.…

— Andy Samberg

It was tough sitting in jail listening to Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh and everybody making jokes about me getting shot. And watching the…

— Tupac Shakur

I left home to become a singer and didn't realise when I turned comedian.

— Kapil Sharma