Comedian Quotes · Page 20

My whole intention is to break down these limitations of what a black comedian is supposed to be and to open up…

— Amanda Seales

What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.

— Buster Keaton

Before I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me was being a teenager... Boy, was I…

— Chris Rock

[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost.

— Keegan-Michael Key

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

— Matthew Perry

I wanted to be a director and comedian and my plan was to go to NYU. I wanted to be in UCB.

— Finn Wolfhard

I worry about my judgment when anything I believe in or do regularly begins to be accepted by the American public.

— George Carlin

“A comedian's life is truly a comedy in itself. The majority cannot take themselves seriously.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than…

— Jon Richardson

Really good comedians, you know, when they go on stage, they don't really care what the audience - they're fearless, you know?…

— Aziz Ansari

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand…

— Eugene Levy

I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say my mom. Apart from the fact that she's my mother, she's a brilliant comedian…

— Kate Hudson

The tags in this business don't leave you... When I was a VJ, they called me VJ-turned-actor, then I turned into a…

— Ranvir Shorey

I think of myself as an Indian comedian, but I've had British and American schooling. I always had this feeling of not…

— Vir Das

It's just, you can get very complacent if you do the same thing all the time and especially the comedian, it gives…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing…

— Kevin Hart

In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being…

— Simon Pegg

I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy, as soon as you do, you aren't a…

— Ricky Gervais

As a performer, you get your 'thing.' You're the deadpan comedian, or the mad one, or the sexy one, and then you…

— Lenny Henry

When I'm traveling a lot the flight attendants will ask what I do and if I say I'm a magician then I…

— Justin Willman

The personal boundaries, I think for comedians they're a little bit different anyway, but I think people - feel free to do…

— Brad Williams

A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel.…

— Harold Ramis

From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've…

— Jerry Lewis

I've told Michael Jackson jokes. If you got really technical, you could say those are jokes about child molestation. You could, if…

— Chris Rock

They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.

— Bob Monkhouse

Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment.

— Zachary Levi

When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever.

— Hannibal Buress

Nietzsche says that we will live the same life, over and over again. God - I'll have to sit through the Ice…

— Woody Allen

I could be a comedian. I could be a gangster. I could play all of those parts, even for the first time...…

— Lil Boosie

As a comedian, as an entertainer, there's a lot of downtime. Once you can accept that comedy is a marathon, not a…

— Iliza Shlesinger

The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.

— Jo Brand

I was scared of running off to be a comedian and then having to come back with my tail between my legs.

— Paddy McGuinness

I really don't mind being a comedian because I get the chance to make people laugh and I think that's truly a…

— Ali

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.

— Artie Lange

A stand-up comedian who's assaultive and decent and has managed a career that has spanned over five decades deserves a documentary.

— Elvis Mitchell

Congress is furious at the Secret Service for consorting with hookers, which has traditionally been Congress's role.

— Andy Borowitz

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.

— Dave Chappelle

When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't.

— Louis C. K

I don't claim to have all the answers; after all, I'm just a comedian who reads a lot.

— Adam Conover

I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent.

— Maz Jobrani