Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor. — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
Most comedians weren't great athletes; that was the way they got noticed in high school. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
When I get up in the morning, I go and I work with beautiful women and charming men and funny comedians and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn't know how else to get off, so I… — Ray Bolger Copy Share Image
The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah,… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
When you hang around a lot of comedians long enough, you realize there's a certain gene, in every comedian. It's why we… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian.… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
If the audience is responding very well to comedians that are hacks, and I don't do well, I don't feel as bad,… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third Reich, Ian… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
“Jeff: I understand you guys had a good day today? Peanut: Yes we had a great day! Jose: No we did not.… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
“Shut up…let me tell you, LET ME. Every time I look at your face or even remember it, it wrecks me. And… — Louis C.K Copy Share Image
I don't pretend to understand him, but I can enjoy him as a poet and comedian. I liked the idea of the… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
Nobody is a professional comedian for the first five, six years they're doing it. — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more. — Ron White Copy Share Image
Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock. — Vicki Lawrence Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I see myself primarily as a comedian, and my aim on the 'Last Leg' is to be as funny as I can… — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
A good competition for comedians would be where a comedian has a conversation and is then quizzed on what the other person… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view. — Rob Riggle Copy Share Image
A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
A comedian needs more than just a sense of humour. He needs to observe everything around him. — Vivek Copy Share Image
That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky. — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
“I don’t think being a comedian gives you any fucking insight into what makes people laugh.” — craig ferguson Copy Share Image
If you want someone who can make you smile and even laugh, just find a comedian — RK26 Copy Share Image