Michelle Obama

In fact, for me, I think the start was just I always enjoyed comedy.

I always really loved comedy.

And I...

I wanted to do it, but I didn't really realize it could be a job.

It was just something that I watched people and I was like, that's so funny.

And I would tell my mom like jokes or stories that I saw on TV.

How old were you when you remember doing this?

I had to be like eight when I was watching little clips and stuff like that.

And it was, you know, it was back when...

a TV special was a huge deal, right?

So then like the only time you could watch it, there was no like on demand for it.

And so I would just be watching something on Comedy Central.

Sometimes I'd watch it with my mom and everything.

And so I've always had that deep love for it.

And then I moved to Chicago from Louisiana after college to start doing comedy.

And so I was doing open mics at night and then I was working during the day.

And sometimes I would like,

Worked so early in the morning that the mic was like, I'm not going to sleep.

Like I'm going to have to go to the mic, then get up.

Then get up and do your life.