"When you start out in comedy, or..." - Quote by Mitch Hedberg
When you start out in comedy, or probably in a lot of things, you want it to happen fast. You don't want to see yourself having to do this for seven years before you start to get some feedback.
More by Mitch Hedberg
“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
“I sometimes close my eyes during a show because I have drawn a picture of an audience enjoying the show more on the back of my eyelids.”
“If I was a mechanic and someone called me and said their car would not start, I would say, "Hey - maybe a killer is after you!"”
More on Career
“Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.”
“There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.”
“If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied with being a cowboy in the plains of Spain and later I was never satisfied with just playing a detective in San Francisco, and constantly just pushing the envelope.”