Page 217 - Katherine Ryan press pack

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You moved to London, England and were performing in pubs and comedy

clubs. What was your first big break?

Things were plodding along and again, I didn’t really know if I was going to be a
comedian. I think it’s really important for young people to understand–or anybody

having a change of career to understand–that you don’t have to have it all figured

out. And if you just work really hard at waitressing or your office job or whatever

it is, I think you do kind of fall into your fate. So I had an office job, I had a baby, I

was working really hard doing stand-up, just because I liked the adrenaline from it.

And then I got the opportunity to be on a British panel show called 8 of 10 Cats in
2012. Zeppotron (the production company behind Cats) audition new talent for the

show every year. You sit in an office and play the game. I did two rounds of that

and was then asked to be on by Ruth Phillips, the senior executive producer. We

still work together on different projects all the time and I love her.