Kato Kaelin Quotes

I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious films.

I always loved comedy, but it never seemed like something that I could do professionally.

For me to make a living acting silly for as long as I can get away with it, I think the most viable way to make that happen is to evolve into more traditional comedy. I've really been putting in the work.

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

Working on the Dave Chappelle show was amazing.

Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with my art history degree, I decided to go work at Comedy Central as a temp.

It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

I used to do improv in New York, and it was sort of embarrassing to tell people that I was the Web video girl and having to explain that was a viable form of entertainment.

I did, like, one or two plays in high school, but I don't think I realized I wanted to do comedy until I got to college, and I started doing improv and saw the Upright Citizens Brigade perform and did workshops with them.

My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.

One of the most positive takeaways I've had from 'SNL' is when we'd make videos back in the day: we'd just write material as we were inspired, and so, in a given year, we'd only put out two or three videos.

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've got quite a few friends in the comedy world as you meet a lot of people.

I'm often asked for advice on how to go about making comedy shows like the begrudgingly accepted 'IT Crowd'.

I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.

I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell and being a part of the creation of the stuff that you do.

I considered myself a professional comedian because the club would pay me $20.

I wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.

All I knew is that I loved movies and comedy and TV, and I wanted to perform. I made a bunch of shorts and movies in college, and that was always fun too. I directed some plays in college. It was taking it all in and trying to immerse myself in as much of it as possible.

I watched Master Class with Lorne Michaels on OWN. How can somebody produce a sketch show and talk for an hour and not say something even slightly amusing, or sarcastic, or ironic, or interesting, or informative? 'My mission as a producer is to encourage creativity.' Mission accomplished.