Iain Stirling Quotes

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

I've been doing comedy for 20 years now. I started when I was 13 and I think for the first 10 years I was impersonating other people.

My family were nothing but pleased when I told them I wanted to be a comedian.

I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade.

I got into comedy so I could stay out all night.

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

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

I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.

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 think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

My whole life, I knew that I was going to be funny for a living.

I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do.

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

Some people use stand-up to get something else in their careers, but it's truly the art form of stand-up I love.

I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor.

I never thought I'd end up doing comedy, but actually, it's been something I've really relished the challenge of and ended up doing quite a bit of.

I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian.