Will Poulter Quotes

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

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.

There are so many really good comedians, and I would never be as good as they are. It's not my calling.

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

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

I was lucky enough to find stand-up really early in life. And I'm so grateful that I did, because the second I found it, I was like, 'I know what I want to do'.

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

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 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.

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

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

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.

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

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

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.

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

I never wanted to be road comic.

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

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'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.

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

Maybe it's because I come from a very utopian world of being a comedian, but I'm used to many live comedy performances going on in any city I'm in, and each of us is trying to be the best at what we do. I don't think of it as a competition so much as a thriving comedy economy.

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

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've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on 'The Tonight Show.' There's truly nothing like it; it's intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual.