Paul Rudd Quotes

I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.

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

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

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

I never wanted to be road comic.

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

When I was in college, I would go out, and I would go to these open mic nights at Stitches and Nick's Comedy Stop, so I was going to classes during the day, and then at night, I would be signing up on the lists.

I'm never going to be an improv comedian.

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

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

Comedians really are like a species. That's not to be exclusive. Anyone can kind of become one. You have to pay your dues, though.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

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