Art Quote by Vic Reeves

I started doing little amateur nights at the comedy club that was right next to the restaurant that I waitressed in when I was…

— Katherine Ryan

A friend of mine was watching TV one day and he just was like, 'I bet you want to do comedy,' and he was…

— Deon Cole

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

— Bradley Walsh

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That…

— Robin Williams

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it…

— Tracy Morgan

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art,…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

I started doing stand-up at the age of 20. This was back in 1976, around the time (coincidence?) that the first comedy clubs were…

— Emo Philips

I had started in the comedy world in a more traditional way. I was auditioning for TV, film, and commercials while I was making…

— Grace Helbig

I've never done a comedy club in my life. It's weird because I don't have the same background as most comics. I don't have…

— Billy Connolly

As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah.

— Charlie Murphy

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

I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I…

— Don Rickles