Rachel Brosnahan Quotes

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.

I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.

Comedians really are like a species. That's not to be exclusive. Anyone can kind of become one. You have to pay your dues, though.

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just loved it, and I realized that I was actually kinda good at it, and then that was it.

There are comedians that I like. I think a lot of it, you just figure out on your own. It's definitely one of those things that you get good at by doing it a lot. But I like Jim Gaffigan. Patton Oswalt. Janeane Garofalo.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.

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.

The thing about stand-up is that you end up meeting your idols.

Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money.

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.

Comedy is my proper job. It's what I should be doing, and when I do other bits like my science series, I miss it.

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

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.

But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.

I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s.

I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

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 don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.