Chris Parnell Quotes

I was born to be funny.

I made a living out of being a class clown.

I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that's appreciated by young people.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school.

I always knew I was quite good at getting laughs. At school, I loved having a ready audience if I made a cheeky remark.

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

Comedy is second nature for me.

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

It's true; I have a skill and it's... it has not related to acting, it's not related to auditions, it's not related to studios, not related to public whim. It's whether I'm funny or not and whether I can entertain people.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

Actually, I think I'm funnier off-camera.

For me, I've worked hard for people to think I'm funny.