Jay Chandrasekhar Quotes

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

I always wanted to be a comedian and actor.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.

I wanted to be a comedian. And I did that so much in high school, I couldn't get a girlfriend.

I have written before, but I was primarily an actor and improvisational performer.

I started standup at age nineteen. I decided that the only way I was going to try show business as a career was if I could make total strangers laugh.

My whole initial goal was to be a comedian, so it's not like I chose to do a TV show out of nowhere. It's kind of always been goal to do a TV show.

I'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

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

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.

You know, I love acting.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.