->''"People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case. I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living."''
-->-- '''Creator/ChristopherGuest'''

->''"People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer."''
-->-- '''Creator/RowanAtkinson'''

->''"As much as I would like to walk out there and 'be myself,' the fact is that the 'self' that I am - when I am just 'being myself'- would be utterly boring and unwatchable on a stage."''
-->-- '''Music/FrankZappa'''

->''"I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'"''
-->-- '''Creator/RobinWilliams'''

->''"'What is Eric Andre like in real life?' Not as...exciting. Depressive and anxious."''
-->--'''[[Series/TheEricAndreShow Eric Andre]]'''

->''"Is Creator/LennyBruce boring at home? Like, at home is he all, "Have you seen my red socks?" and then he comes onstage and he's all, "I'm gonna put a little airplane glue on a rag and fuck, shit, cock, prick!"''
-->--''Midge Maisel, ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel''''