Berkeley Quote by Whoopi Goldberg

When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And I think…

— Rachel Bloom

I've never considered myself to be naturally funny and it wasn't until I booked my first few jobs in Hollywood that I started thinking,…

— Erick Chavarria

I moved to New York and went to a performing arts college, but it wasn't until UCB that I started performing on the regular,…

— Nicole Byer

I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you never know…

— Steve Martin

I feel like anyone who's ever wanted to be a performer went through this phase, where you thought that being funny equaled doing stuff…

— Edi Patterson

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.

— Adam Sandler

I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it doesn't come…

— Elisha Cuthbert

When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on…

— Steve Martin

I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better…

— Samantha Bee

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 had a moment where I was onstage once... As a comedian, you just think, 'Be funny as possible all the time - like,…

— Whitney Cummings

When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to…

— Amy Poehler