Josh Gondelman Quotes

I feel that I'm a stand-up comedian more than anything else, that's my job.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

My job is summer camp. I come and talk and try to make a TV show funny.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.

I would never turn down a movie, but at the same time, but my ideal job would be a half-hour sitcom.

Natasha Lyonne is fantastic on Twitter. She posts hilarious pictures. I don't even know where she finds some of them; it'll be like a random picture of a chinchilla kissing a lion or Bill Murray and Jim Belushi out on a boat or something.

I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.

Growing up, I loved comedy even before I knew that you could be a stand-up comedian.

I always wanted to be a comedian.

The thing that I'm known for - at least, depending on what Subreddit you go to - is being a comedian. And so, even when talking about heavy things, I still want to try to use humor to walk us in the door.

I've been doing comedy in New York since 2007.

I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out of a paper bag and stand-up comedy is a lot harder than it appears.

I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people are born comedians ... just like some people are born dentists.

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian] role.

I really love standup, and I really love writing standup.

I started doing little amateur nights at the comedy club that was right next to the restaurant that I waitressed in when I was in university. I was probably 22 years old. I didn't do it with any intention of making a career out of it; I had just always valued comedy.

I'd never been the class clown and comedy was not a fulfilment of a dream.

Comedy is a passion but I don't know if I a am funny enough to make a living out of.

The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going to use that.

Comedy is my proper job. It's what I should be doing, and when I do other bits like my science series, I miss it.

I've done comedy on stage, in fact it is one of my strong points.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.