Hari Kondabolu Quotes

I did a show called 'What A Country,' with Yakov Smirnoff and Don Knotts. I used to write jokes for Yakov's stand-up act.

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

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

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

Working on the Dave Chappelle show was amazing.

Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.

I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'

I had fun doing a lot of low-budget movies and web series. And I got back into stand-up where I started.

I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.

I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.

I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.

We love doing commercial and TV show work.

I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.

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

I used to host a show 'Ghuggi Express' on Zee Punjabi and it aired more than 130 episodes and I single handedly managed the show.

My intent when I moved to L.A. was to get in good with the comedy clubs and, eventually, try to break into Comedy Central and have my half hour special.

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.

I started doing stand-up when I was 15 and doing Letterman when I was 20. So I've been doing stand-up comedy and clubs for over 30 years. That's a long time.

I remember being captivated by Steve Coogan and Eddie Izzard and wanting to do what they did. That generation of comedians was my main influence.

I was writing for live television. And I said to myself, someday, soon as I can, I have got to do a situation comedy.

I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.

I don't think anyone gets into comedy to host a baking show.

I don't want a chat show or to be on telly every day, as that's not my business; my business is standing in front of people and making them laugh, and I want to see how far I can get with that.

When I moved to L.A., I had no intention of really pursuing acting. I wanted to focus on stand-up. It's crazy to me that my acting career took off much faster than my stand-up career.

I have always wanted to do comedy.