T. J. Miller Quotes

If it wasn't for my drama teacher, I wouldn't be here right now.

I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it.

I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.

To have a drama teacher as a mentor was just like, 'Oh, what a gift.'

I did plays in high school, and I usually got cast in the comic role, which I really enjoyed.

I always loved drama at school. We had a great drama teacher at my secondary school, and she made drama feel cool. She inspired me, and then I did the National Youth Theatre in London.

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

I did stand-up for a long time, and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage will always inform you and your job, as you evolve. I feel the freedom of being able to find comedy in the darkest moments because it makes it way more interesting, I think.

I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it.

I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences.

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.

I did a play in high school, then one in college. My first professional experience was off-off-Broadway. I'm conveniently blocking the title. I'm sure I was terrible.

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

I'd always enjoyed acting at high school, and I was all lined up to do an honours degree course in biology at a Canadian university, and at the eleventh hour the drama teacher I had said, 'You know, you'll get a lot more girls if you go into acting,' and that kinda sold it.

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film.

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.

I really fancied myself a comedic actress.

The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'

The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member.

My background is in improv and writing.

I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.

I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

As a young actor, I worked with Kevin McNally and have always thought him brilliant.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.