Comedian Quotes · Page 22

Running is special. We've all done it: well, poorly, focused, in fear, being pursued, toward a goal. It's just elemental. Running is…

— Rob Delaney

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. I'm not Ed Murrow up on the roof in a London fog reporting on the…

— Dennis Miller

No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian playing, I'd go watch.

— Michael Waltrip

If my mother didn't have a natural gift to be a singer, I think she would have been a comedian. That's nice…

— Maya Rudolph

I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.

— Cheyenne Kimball

Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.

— John Bishop

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.

— Bo Burnham

Never really intended to be a comedian, just sort of fell into that, but always wanted to be in show business, or…

— Doug Benson

I'm not a comedian. I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire…

— Chris Diamantopoulos

My favorite, favorite, favorite, and the greatest comedian that could ever exist if you could Frankenstein a comedian together, would be one…

— Keegan-Michael Key

“If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The…

— Steve Allen

The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as…

— Eugene Mirman

Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer…

— Criss Jami

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a…

— Andy Andrews

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations…

— Steve Martin

I think you develop strong instincts when you're a comedian. You have to pay your bills by making people laugh every six…

— Byron Allen

Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that…

— Aziz Ansari

Since the 1980s, I've been known more for my TV work, I used to host 'Live at Jongleurs' and of course 'Grumpy…

— Rick Wakeman

I'd like to help other comedians and when I get a little older I'd like to open up a nice comedy club…

— Bruce Bruce

I'm glad that that era of stand-up is over, because I think it adversely affected a lot of people who could have…

— Patton Oswalt

I am pleased to say that I am not a tortured comedian - I laugh a lot. My twenties weren't particularly happy,…

— Miranda Hart

I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background…

— Fred Armisen

If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching…

— Gabriel Iglesias

Some rules are good. For example, off the top of my head, let's say a stand-up comedian or a talk show host…

— Fred Armisen

“...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... . he isn't like this writer or actor or comedian... - YOU FUCKING LIAR.”

— Deyth Banger

Some performers are brilliant comedians, some are genius musicians, and some just make you happy to be alive. THE BOBS are all…

— Paul Provenza

There was a time when I was like, 'I'm a dramatic actor,' 'I'm a comedian'... There's no line anymore. You have to…

— Christina Applegate

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

— Chris Tucker

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

— Bob Hope

I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

— Denis Norden

It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of…

— Jeff Ross

I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I never had the confidence to say I was going to be in front of the camera as a comedian until I…

— Chris Rock

Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.

— Ben Miller

I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.

— Josh Gad

I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.

— Mike Birbiglia

If you think something's funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty.

— Olivia Munn

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

— Marcus Brigstocke

Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups…

— Busy Philipps