Comedy Aspiration Quotes

As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.

I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical.

When I was, like, 15, I realized there could be a career in making people laugh - like, you could get paid to do it. That was insane to me.

When I was filming 'Premium Rush' in N.Y.C., I flew to L.A. to have a few general meetings. I sat down with Peter Cramer at Universal Studios and spoke about my life and career, and being that I'm such a goof, we spoke about how I really wanted to do a comedy next.

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

I'd love to do more comedy. It'd just be nice to go into work and not be crying every day. Some broad slapstick would be great. Falling over banana skins would be wonderful.

I thought I could see how standup worked. I never thought of being an actor - or anything else, really - but I thought, 'I can see how you get on stage and tell jokes.'

I've always wanted to do a romantic comedy.

My parents are both super funny, and I always knew I wanted to be on 'SNL.' My mom and I would watch it a lot.

You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not that I think I'm funny... but I long to do a situation comedy.

In my mind, I'm hilarious, so I would love to do some comedy. But, I'm not exactly sure my perspective is a healthy one.

By the time I was 7 or 8, I wanted to be a comedy writer.

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

My only ambition was to get to 50, and not regret not having had a crack at being a comic.

I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously comedy would be a fun jump. I've just been lucky enough to stay working. In my case, playing intense roles or playing character roles is something that people will hire me for, but yeah, I'd like somebody to think I'm funny. I guess we all do, right?

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

I'm not very funny in real life. I used to want to be a comedian when I was 13, 14, 15, till I saw "Death Of A Salesman" with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock.

I always loved comedy, but in my mind, it wasn't a viable career option. I always thought, 'You go to college. You get a job, and then you pay off college.'

Basically I wanted to be a male comedian; those were my idols.

I always wanted to host a show, throw whipped-cream pies. Theater is not my cup of tea.

If you ask who I aspire to, well, if a single line of mine was as funny as P. G. Wodehouse can be, that would be great.

I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic lead, a musical.

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 worked at comedy clubs - if I can use the term 'work' - for several years. I middled at one point. I never made it; I was never a headliner. I never made enough time to write enough good material, in my opinion.

My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go.