Paula Malcomson Quotes

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

I never wanted to be road comic.

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

From the age of 14, I remember thinking I wanted to be a comedian. But that was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. It felt like a million miles away, something I could never do, but would be great to.

I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor.

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

People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only got into this business to do standup comedy.

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

If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful.

I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do.

I didn't have any plan to go into comedy.

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.

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.

Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.

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

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

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.

Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.

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

I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.

I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that.

Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.

I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.

I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.