Jen Kirkman Quotes

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

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

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

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.

I started pursuing stand-up comedy in 12th grade.

I don't do stand-up anymore.

While acting is a passion, hosting is fun.

I just really want to do stand-up and act in stuff that I like. And do stuff that makes me really happy.

When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It's attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when I first went to a comedy club - I wanted to do it, so I gave it a try and that was it. I found my office.

Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.

I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.

Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there isn't any one thing, one formula or kind of character that makes a great comedian. Everybody has had a different approach.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

I'm retiring because my time is up.

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.