Peter Kay Quotes

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

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

I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade.

I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.

If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.

I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very passionate about; it's like lifeblood to me. I had to pursue it. I thought I had a little bit of talent, and if I could make a living at it, I would do it. It's worked out so far.

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

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

I have always been a comedian - that has always been my job and it is what I want to do for a long time to come.

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.

My family were nothing but pleased when I told them I wanted to be a comedian.

For me to make a living acting silly for as long as I can get away with it, I think the most viable way to make that happen is to evolve into more traditional comedy. I've really been putting in the work.

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

If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor.

I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.

I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian.

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.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

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.