Yvonne Orji Quotes

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

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 think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

The beautiful thing about stand-up advice is that it applies to anybody, any gender, any race, any age. The best thing you can do - everybody will tell you - is get on stage as much as you can. I would add to that: get on stage as much as you can - with the people you admire.

I wasn't properly performing in Canada. I was just starting out, and when everyone starts out, they're terrible. I'm sure there are some Kellyanne Conway videos of me just really dying on a stage.

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.

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

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.

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

It took forever for me to get work because I was a political comic, and now it's become good business, and God knows how long that'll last. You have to do it night after night after night to kind of make it. I still find myself on 'Piers Morgan' or on some show and I think, 'I hope this is funny.'

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

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.

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

I never wanted to be road comic.

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 had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.

After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked.

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

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

It takes many years to be a great 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 left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.

I don't really do stand-up.