Colin Jost Quotes

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

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

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

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

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I'd give that a twist.

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.

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.

I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living.

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

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

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

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 don't know that I'd be a comedian if I stayed in Canada.

From the age of 14, I remember thinking I wanted to be a comedian. But that was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. It felt like a million miles away, something I could never do, but would be great to.

I have always been a comedian - that has always been my job and it is what I want to do for a long time to come.

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.

From the very beginning I knew I had to be a comedian, and thus preferred being one.

When I first realized that I wanted to be a stand-up comedian was when I was in the service.

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

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

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.

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