Comedian Quotes · Page 32

I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

— Felipe Esparza

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

— Drew Carey

There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.

— Samantha Bee

I always wanted to be a stand-up comedian, even as a kid. Me and my dad would watch 'Evening at the Improv'…

— Adam DeVine

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

— Tim Minchin

I played few hero roles in the initial days of my career, but audiences loved me for my comic timing and, therefore,…

— Ali

When you left my presence, you left expedient. You ain't no fuckin killer, youse a comedian, beyotch.

— DJ Quik

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh.

— Carlos Mencia

There's no reason to be doing comedy during the day in a hot tent. I don't know why anyone thinks it's a…

— Janeane Garofalo

I don't want to follow comedians because I don't want to see what they're thinking about, 'cause then maybe I won't stumble…

— Nick Thune

There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that.…

— Sean Lock

Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,…

— Dick Cavett

A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about…

— Barry Crimmins

I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and…

— J. B. Smoove

I just had a throwaway part, really, if you think about it. I'm not a natural actor, you know? I'm a comedian,…

— Louie Anderson

I never thought I'd be a comedian. But, growing up, I simply loved watching comedy. The '80s was huge for comedy in…

— Arj Barker

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

— Jack Dee

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people…

— Conan O'Brien

You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has…

— Margaret Rutherford

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together…

— Gary Gulman

I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent,…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

— Steve Martin

I'm always trying to find the next comedian that just gives me something a little funny to combine with all of the…

— Jesse Williams

I have always been a comedian - that has always been my job and it is what I want to do for…

— Iain Stirling

I weighed 107 kilos when 'Sukh' was released. I had become like a South Indian comedian.

— Govinda

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

— Aziz Ansari

I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that.

— Bruce Bruce

One night I attended a Laughing Liberally comedy show. There was one funny comedian there - Lee Camp.

— Matt Labash

“She seemed to feed on their laughter, and they on her humor, like the lily of the pond—sustained by the very water…

— Molly Collier

If Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he'd be a big star.

— Jay Leno

Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

— Ted Alexandro

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

— Jim Gaffigan

I knew nothing about professional comedians when I became a comedian. I was a rabbi. So I had no professional comedians to…

— Jackie Mason

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

— Shelley Berman

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a…

— Larry David

Gilbert Gottfried, I think, is just the most underappreciated comedian in the world. I think that he doesn't get enough credit for…

— Brett Gelman

I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread.

— Mitch Hedberg

That's how to make a stand-up comedian: You take a person who is uncomfortable and try to squirrel their way out of…

— W. Kamau Bell

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really…

— Taylor Momsen

What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet.

— Tommy Chong