Ana Gasteyer Quotes

I love comedy and I hope I never stop doing it.

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

I used to think of myself as a comedian. I've always admired comedians. Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There's a liberation in that.

I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy.

I think comedy is difficult, and I'm amazed so many people want to do it. I'll be buying jeans and somebody will say, "I'm a comedian" - the guy selling you the jeans. The desire to be a comedian is weird. I found it weird myself to want to be one; I was a schoolboy when I wanted to be one but I didn't know how to do it. That was 50 years ago, so times have changed greatly. There seems to be a long line of people desperate to do it and most of them are quite good.

I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.

I love doing comedy, I really do. It was perhaps my first love. And I think, as an actor, you're young and you do school plays and the reason you go 'I might do more of this' is because you make people laugh in a school play. You don't go and do Hamlet when you're nine and go: "I feel people were really moved out there!" You do a silly voice and everyone laughs and you go: "Ooh, that feels quite nice. I might make a life out of this!"

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I've actually done a lot of comedy.

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.

I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.

I really want to do comedy.

I have always wanted to do comedy.

I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian] role.

As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.

Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world.

Rick Shapiro is a top comedian.

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

I like to read, but otherwise I'm just your average, self-obsessed comedian. It's pretty much all I think about.

I guess in my house when I was growing up, I was comfortable trying to be funny. And my dad, of course, it bugged him sometimes. He was trying to rest, and I was constantly trying to say something stupid to get a reaction. But I like doing these movies. You can do it in front of the camera and then it's over. I don't have to worry about being in front of too many people.