When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.
I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.
I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn't know how else to get off, so I danced off. I've been dancing ever since, but I'm still a comedian.
I was an actor before becoming a comedian.
When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.
I worked in Trenton, and then I got sidetracked into comedy and then onto 'SNL.' And then into being a live performer - what I do now; virtually that's what I am: I'm a live entertainer.
I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.
I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.
I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.