Nicole Byer Quotes

I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy.

Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.

I don't really do stand-up.

There's tons of dudes - like David O'Doherty, Tim Key, and Alex Horne - I made a lot of friends with people who are really incredible comics.

I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.

I made people laugh as a kid, but that's not how you make a living.

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor.

As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

I've done a lot of drama in my career, but I'm actually more comfortable doing comedy.

I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.

I really love standup because it's something that I've been literally doing for 40 years, which means I'm a thousand years old.

Comedy did a lot of things for me. I mean, 'SNL'? Not too bad. Not too shabby with this comedy thing. I have really worked on my comedy and really upped it some notches.

I never did stand-up. If I've been funny ever, it was with other actors.

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very passionate about; it's like lifeblood to me. I had to pursue it. I thought I had a little bit of talent, and if I could make a living at it, I would do it. It's worked out so far.

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

I just loved jokes so much as a child. I remember wanting to perform at, like... age seven by reading from a kids' joke book, and my parents being like, 'That's not what standup comedy is,' and me being like, 'Not yet it isn't! I'm going to change the game.'

Chris Rock, I think is pretty brilliant, and Amy Schumer's fabulous.

I don't do standup.

Writing and telling jokes is my favorite thing to do, and I want to be able to do that forever.

I come from standup and improv.