Comedian Quotes · Page 31

I'm very lucky to be a comedian, and I feel privileged that people come to see me in the expectation that I…

— Jon Richardson

It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.

— Hank Azaria

I think the fundamental issue with comedians is everyone wants to be a famous comedian. That's a really difficult thing to achieve…

— Andrew Santino

My job as a comedian is to heighten awareness about locally grown produce, fight factory farming, and promote euthanasia, but in a…

— Dov Davidoff

Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be…

— Joe Rogan

If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.

— Eddie Izzard

You know, as a comedian, that's what you do. You speak truth to power by making people laugh.

— Sarah Cooper

“Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.”

— Louis C.K

Luckily, I'm not a stand-up comedian, so I don't get the fear of standing on stage in front of a dead audience:…

— Charles Stross

If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is…

— Viola Davis

I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And…

— Vir Das

Male comics are always coming up to me and they're like 'Hey Natasha. Don't you think you're a little attractive to be…

— Natasha Leggero

After we'd filmed one series of 'Kiss Me Kate,' everyone was saying: 'The guy's got great comic timing,' - that was the…

— Darren Boyd

I want to be a little more dramatic nowadays. I definitely want something big and funny, but I look for things that…

— Cedric the Entertainer

All comedy does that. Every comedian I can think of - Larry David, Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Chris Rock - that's where the…

— Bryan Fogel

Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian,…

— Bob Newhart

Cat food. It stinks a bit, but if you don't put up with the smell, the little kitten will die.

— Karl Pilkington

Being a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it.

— Franklyn Ajaye

When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's…

— Jeff Ross

I am a comedian. My brain is critical - it's overthinking - but you can find ways to turn it down and…

— Pete Holmes

Comedy is quite hard and it takes like a decade to figure out what kind of comedian you are, so don't quit.

— Rose Matafeo

I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor.

— Patrick Huard

The role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form.

— Bill Hicks

A stand-up comedian will never be the life of a party. Instead, he will be the guy who is standing at a…

— Vir Das

I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.

— Robert Klein

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

— Rachel Dratch

I don't think comedians take advantage of the fact that television and film are visual mediums.

— Eric Andre

I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

— Michael Gambon

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I…

— Laura Benanti

I'm a dirty, filthy animal and I'm a dirty comedian, but I got a lot of charisma and charm.

— Ralphie May

When a comedian can turn hero and has the will power to work out for a six pack, he can easily fit…

— Tanikella Bharani

I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at…

— Bo Burnham

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

— Kevin Nealon

If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.

— Linda Blair

You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in…

— Chris Rock

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

— Jeff Dunham

Everyone goes "every comedian does Arnold Schwarzenegger". Yes, they do; but do they do Arnold Schwarzenegger in Brokeback Mountain?

— Pablo Francisco

If Mandela were a comedian, I bet he would never get mad at a heckler, he'd give him or her a hug.

— Godfrey

It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat.

— Kingsley Amis

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor.

— Stephen Colbert