Harland Williams Quotes

I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

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

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.

My first love is doing my own comedy stuff.

When I moved to New York, I didn't know how much improv and comedy would play into my life. I thought I was going to do theater and Broadway and stuff.

I get to do comedy for a living.

I've been doing comedy for 20 years now. I started when I was 13 and I think for the first 10 years I was impersonating other people.

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.

I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.

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

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

I'm a light comedienne; that's really where I live the most often.

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 was heavily influenced by Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright.

I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

I like doing a funny show where I don't have to act and fall in love with a girl.

Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just to show off my poetry, and then people thought I was funny, so I ran with it.

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

Um, I'm just naturally super-funny. No, not really. I've never been in The Groundlings or anything.