Emily Berrington Quotes

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

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

People who have heard of me have heard of me mostly through presenting and asked, 'Why have you gone into comedy?'

I really like to do comedy, and I did comedy the first 2 years after I graduated college, so I really love it and appreciate it.

But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.

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

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.

Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just loved it, and I realized that I was actually kinda good at it, and then that was it.

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

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.

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

I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.

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

Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.

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.

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical 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 first love is doing my own comedy stuff.

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