Amanda Tapping Quotes

I grew up watching 'Big Train,' these collectives of comedians who knew each other, and as a comedy fan you knew who was going out, who were best friends.

I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

I did sketch comedy with a troupe at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

I grew up in Chicago and was a huge fan of 'The Second City', so when I moved to L.A., I was looking for anything that resembled that... then I started 'The Groundlings', so I went to a show and it was very much like 'Second City'. I was so impressed that that same night I went backstage and I went up to the funniest person there.

The Second City

I grew up surrounded by sketch comedy.

There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.

I have been lucky enough to work in all kinds of comedy. I prefer working with other people. I could never do stand-up.

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.

Acting-wise, I haven't done a lot of comedy, so I would love to work with Jane Lynch. I think she's hilarious.

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

River City Improv set the stage for my career.

Certainly in my appetite for more challenges, it's very much alive. I love comedy and it comes to me in a natural way.

I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

I love comedy with a passion, and I hope that shows in my work. I would never want to move an inch away from comedy. What I want to do is continue to grow and extend myself, so if anything, I'm adding things on.

I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was.

I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do 'Parks and Recreation'; a big fun character.

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.

If it weren't for The Groundlings, I would never be on Saturday Night Live.

I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it.

I'd like to do a comedy, actually. I think it would be great to do a sitcom or something like that. I'm pretty much open to anything.

I love comedy and did a lot of comedy in college. I was in an improv comedy group with my friends.

Before you get to 'SNL,' you have your own sensibility. And when you get to 'SNL,' it's the show's sensibility.