“I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted to be a director really bad. I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.” LittlesHomeKidsWantedSchoolComedyDramaDirectorsSummerHigh SchoolSpendingCaliforniaNeighborhoodTwelveFifteenCousinSixteen Author:Steven Spielberg
“I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things.” SchoolClassComedyLaughterHigh SchoolHealClownYearbookHigh School Yearbook Author:Guillermo Diaz
“I went to a public high school and most of the comedy was coming from the black kids and the Asian kids and the Hispanic kids. And, the coolest kids to me where always the black kids. They were always fashion forward and they always dressed the coolest. They were always the best dancers, and just the coolest people.” PeopleKidsSchoolBlackComedyFashionHigh SchoolDancerAsianHispanic Author:Brett Ratner
“Six Secrets to Being a Successful Humorist 1. Be scared, unhappy, and an outcast as a kid. 2. Drop out of high school. 3. Spend time alone. 4. Don't take a comedy course. 5. Read other humorists but don't worship them. 6. Don't get your hopes up.” HumorKidsSchoolFunnyCoursesSecretSuccessfulComedySixWorshipHigh SchoolScaredUnhappyEnd TimesSpend TimeMe AloneOutcastHumoristsAlone TimeHopes Up Author:Bruce McCall
“I was voted Most Humorous in my senior class in high school, and I was a fan of comedy, my whole life. I never got into the horror genre, and action was fine, but I just loved comedy. Any comedy I could get my hands on, I would. I watched Saturday Night Live religiously. I've just been a fan of comedy, my whole life.” WholeHandsActionSchoolNightClassComedyFansFineHorrorHumorousHigh SchoolWhole LifeGenreSeniorSaturdaySaturday NightHorror GenreSaturday Night LiveSenior Class Author:Rob Riggle
“It never seemed like that much of a mystery why shows I was acted in failed. When you're doing a show called Freaks And Geeks about young people in high school, and it's on Saturday nights at 8 and there's no promotion for it, it's not really hard to guess why no one's watching it. And when you're doing a college goofball comedy that premières three weeks after Sept. 11, it's not that hard to piece together why that's not the most important thing on the radar.” PeopleImportantHardShowsSchoolTogetherYoungNightThreeComedyPiecesMysteryWeekCollegeHigh SchoolImportant ThingsFreakSaturdayGeekPromotionSaturday NightRadarSept 11 Author:Seth Rogen
“If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching class in high school, at getting kids' attention, and delivering lesson plans. Though my principal even told me that this was what I was meant to do. And that being a big-mouth comedian was a waste of time.” IfsHas BeensDoneBigsKidsSchoolAttentionClassComedyTeacherPlansTeachingLessonsWasteMouthsHigh SchoolComedianWasting TimePrincipalDelivering Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“You ever buy a book and not read it? You feel almost guilty having it up on a bookshelf. People are like, "Hey, how's that book?" "I haven't read it." "Oh, did you just buy it?" "I've had it since high school." "Well, can I borrow it?" "No."” PeopleFeelsWellsBookSchoolFunnyComedyHavensHigh SchoolGuiltyHeyBookshelves Author:Jim Gaffigan
“When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy. All she said was 'Oh maybe it's better if you just die,' because it was killing her that I was doing this.” IfsSaidSchoolMotherDiesComedyHigh SchoolKillingStand Up Comedy Author:Margaret Cho
“I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this. Watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python and SNL and all that stuff really informed me as a writer and then at high school I started a satire magazine and the college like The Lampoon really introduced me to like you know a lot of very like-minded people who really wanted to like comedy was the center of their lives.” PeopleKnowsFirstsBelieveI CanWantedSchoolRememberReadingStuffCan DoComedyCollegeLike YouHigh SchoolFirst TimeMagazinesSatireBrooksDaveBelieve You CanPythonSnlMonty Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunStuffRecordsComedyPlayerBrotherMaterialsMomHigh SchoolBillsAlbumsMy BrotherGradesFunny StuffRecord Players Author:Felipe Esparza
“I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.” WantedSchoolComedyHigh SchoolJournal Author:Allison Silverman
“At Murry Bergtraum [High School] if you were really funny you sat at this table at with all of the funniest dudes, the toughest, the coolest - everybody sat at that table. It was like the ghetto Algonquin Round Table. [Comedy] was my entry, my membership card.” IfsSchoolComedyHigh SchoolTablesRoundsCardsSatGhettoEntryMembershipAlgonquins Author:John Leguizamo
“I was kind of in an experimental phase with The Disposable Rappers. This is boring to me, because it's true, but when I was a sophomore in high school, I visited my sister in college and saw an improv troupe, and that was a genuine moment for me. It was an actual "Aha!" moment. After I saw that, I said, "I want to do comedy." So The Disposable Rappers started doing improv in addition to rapping, and when I went to college, I very specifically went saying "I want to join a comedy group."” KindMomentsSchoolComedyCollegeHigh SchoolBoringRapMy SisterRapperSophomore Author:Michael Showalter
“I've been fascinated with gargoyles since I was a kid. I took a high school trip to Europe, the 8 countries in 5 weeks kind of trip. Even then I collected postcards of gargoyles. Then I sort of forgot about it. You flash-forward a few years and I'm at Disney, we're looking for an idea to base a show on. I was running series development at the time at Disney TV Animation. And we came up with the Gargoyles comedy series. Which didn't sell!” KindCountryRunningKidsSchoolComedyWeekHigh SchoolAnimation Author:Greg Weisman
“I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'” ThinkingWellsMayArtSchoolNightComedyTeacherHigh SchoolPerformancesClubsSigningInappropriateMicsPerformance ArtComedy Clubs Author:Margaret Cho
“That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.” MenAgeSchoolGirlComedyHigh SchoolConfusedGetting HighMisanthropeDazedSchool GirlConfused LoveBeing ConfusedComedy MovieHigh School Movie Author:Matthew McConaughey
“You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.” ThinkingSchoolActorsComedyTvsHigh SchoolHollywoodDramaticSeniorJuniorsFreshman Author:Owen Wilson