Michael Gambon Quotes

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.

I never wanted to be road comic.

I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

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

At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.

If I'm not in the theatre, I'm in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

I don't know that I'd be a comedian if I stayed in Canada.

I graduated from Improv Olympic. I used to do standup comedy.

I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.

I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

I really like to do comedy, and I did comedy the first 2 years after I graduated college, so I really love it and appreciate it.

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.

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

I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.

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 don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

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

Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.

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.