Seth Meyers Quotes

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

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 never thought about 'being' in comedy when I grew up, because I didn't know it was a real job. But looking back, it's the only thing I ever really cared about.

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

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

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

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.

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

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

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing and it's what I'm going to keep doing.

I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

I worked as a comedian for 23 years, 51 weeks a year.

I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.

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

Being a comedian is probably the only job apart from undertaking that isn't age restricted.

I have this fantasy of relaxing and doing nothing. But I'm obviously very passionate about stand-up comedy. I mean, I keep doing it. So I must be really into it.