Kapil Sharma Quotes

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

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

I first started as an actor, but there was no money in it, which is why I drifted into comedy.

When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.

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 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.

My dreams and aspirations when I was a child for as long as I can remember was to be an entertainer.

I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.

Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my place in the business.

I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there.

I don't know why, but people tend to look at stand-ups and think they can act, which actually isn't the case. But never mind. I thought: if that's the area where they're looking, then that's the area where I'll put myself - even as a means to an end. And it was.

I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer.

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

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

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.

People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?

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

I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run of it in this job. So, I went downtown in Chicago, and I went up on a stand-up stage and did an open mic. It went well, so I'm like, 'Alright, I'll give it another try.'

I never really watched much stand-up growing up. I just was not really that into it. But I can say I honestly fell in love with it the second I touched the microphone. It was like this weird thing where it's like, 'Oh, yeah, this is what I'm supposed to do.'

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.

I started standup at age nineteen. I decided that the only way I was going to try show business as a career was if I could make total strangers laugh.

No, I never really set out to be a stand up. I wanted to be a writer of some sort. I thought I'd do a bit of stand up and hopefully that will lead to stuff and little did I know it kind of snowballed. Before I knew it I was doing stand up 300 nights a year.