Being Quote by Tracy Morgan

I did a standup show called 'Show Me the Funny,' so from that I got some TV stuff and people would book me for…

— Ellie Taylor

In the 70s I started doing my Big Night Out on stage when I was at art school. A friend of mine owned a…

— Vic Reeves

My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom…

— Denis O'Hare

There's a lot of open mics, a lot of comedy clubs. Whatever money I could make was OK with me. As long as I…

— Jo Koy

My first year on 'SNL', I made $90,000 dollars.

— Chris Rock

I got £30 for my first gig, cash in hand.

— Kate Nash

When I was given my first gig, and I had no real appetite for a career, I just worked to get money so I…

— Stacey Dooley

The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like…

— Zooey Deschanel

I used almost every penny I ever made to build recording studios in every city I lived in. I don't have much to show…

— John Tesh

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

— Larry David

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

— R. Kelly

One of the most humbling gigs I've ever had was I was paid by a neighbor to go get a dead bird out of…

— Walker Hayes