“I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh and trying to make kids laugh in school and getting into plays. I think it's the only thing I know how to do so hopefully it works out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingPlayKidsWantedSchoolYoungLaughingKnow HowComedyMy FamilyWork OutHopefullyMaking People Laugh Author:Jillian Bell
“A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie Murphy, there were two schools of acting for a black actor: Either you played it LIKE THIS or youplayeditlahkdis. He was the first black guy in a movie to talk like I am talking right now. That did not exist for black actors before him.” FirstsTwoSchoolGuyActorsBlackActingTalkingComedyRight NowMurphyBrandoBlack Guys Author:Scott Raab
“I did a lot of theater in school. I thought maybe I wanted to go to law school or be a judge or a politician. And then I just kind of got smitten by the process of rehearsal and working with other actors and those kinds of challenges. And then comedy.” KindWantedSchoolLawActorsProcessChallengesComedyJudgingPoliticianTheaterRehearsalLaw SchoolSmittenWorking With Others Author:Rashida Jones
“There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or even in New Hampshire. The cool thing about the school is that there's nothing for people to watch, so if you were to do a play or a sketch or an improv troupe, it was always packed. There's nowhere else for anyone to go. But there was no comedy.” PeopleIfsPlayBigsSchoolWatchesComedyTraditionCool ThingsHampshireNew HampshireDartmouthTroupe Author:Mindy Kaling
“When I dropped out [from a law school], everybody was disappointed... But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom. Before that, I never realized how much I sought other people's approval. Once I figured that out, I was free to move on and seek the approval of other people, in comedy clubs and showbiz meetings.” PeopleSchoolMovingLawFoundComedyGood ThingsMeetingsClubsDisappointedApprovalDisappointingLaw SchoolDisapprovalShowbizComedy ClubsApproval Of Others Author:Demetri Martin
“I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.” TryingAgeWantedSchoolYoungNamesParentComedyFitLateAccentsYoung AgeTrying To Fit In Author:Nasim Pedrad
“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'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on "Community."” SchoolCommunityGoneComedyGradGrad School Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.” FeelsKindMadeDifferentSchoolPastFilmCareersComedyCoupleDramaBunchDifferent KindsMy PastFilm School Author:Adam Shankman
“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
“My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.” WayLongSaidUseSchoolActingComedyDramaSceneLong TimeTendenciesTragicThey SaidTutorFlippant Author:John Bradley-West