Quotes About Persistence

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

I'm definitely somebody who wants a college degree. My attitude is, if I'm going to do it I'm going to go full in.

I was a maverick. I went to five different colleges looking for I don't know quite what.

You cannot go into combat without putting the work in.

Careers will come and go. Talent is always there.

Nominations come and go. It is not going to happen to you every year, and I am very well aware of that.

Every film is a comeback, no matter what I did the last time.

I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.

There isn't a comedian in the world that hasn't bombed.

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

When I started, you didn't make a lot of money by being a comedian. You didn't get a lot of respect.

It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.

From very early on, I had always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. It was my passion; it was my goal. It was a world I was simply infatuated with. So, as soon as I could, I moved out to L.A. chasing after my dream.

I was inspired by people telling me I should be a comedian. I tried it and had a really good first set, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do this forever'.

You can succeed as a terrible director, but try doing that with stand-up: try being a terrible comedian and getting up on stage. The funny will win out very, very quickly.

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

I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian.

I think you're a comedian as soon as you start. I don't think there's a moment where you become a full comic.

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.

When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

I love comedy, and I'd love to do more of it, but I end up with the work I end up with.

I never became a road comic.