Dylan Moran Quotes

I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

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 never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing and it's what I'm going to keep doing.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.

I was lucky enough to find stand-up really early in life. And I'm so grateful that I did, because the second I found it, I was like, 'I know what I want to do'.

I started pursuing stand-up comedy in 12th grade.

I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.

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

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've been doing stand-up since '89.

Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

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

But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.

The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

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

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

If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful.

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

If I want to be a real comedian, I can't let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material.