Comedian Quotes · Page 34

People always ask about my dad and his comedic influence. It's funny because my mom is really the comedian of our household.

— Dan Levy

Both my uncles were in bands, my grandpa was a comedian who wore clown makeup on stage.

— Ava Max

I’m a ridiculous person. If you take anything any comedian says seriously, then you’re stupid.

— Chelsea Handler

There are many terms that have been used to describe me: man, comedian, disappointment, hammock enthusiast.

— Joe Lycett

Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.

— Victoria Jackson

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

— Al Franken

Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

— Jim Butcher

I've never tried to pass myself off as anything more than a comedian who wrote a dating book.

— Greg Behrendt

I don't know if people really care about my opinion on things or how I come up with things, and maybe that's…

— Nick Thune

There's many hundreds of millions of people who have jobs harder than comedians. And I also remind myself of that everyday. No…

— Chris Gethard

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I…

— Maya Rudolph

Anybody with a sharp brain and a mic can become a comedian, but there's a need to move beyond it. The audience…

— Vir Das

Disasters are funny to me. As a comedian you learn from failure, so I'm always trying to put myself in a situation…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about…

— Bo Burnham

For every stand-up comedian, Just for Laughs is our Super Bowl. Every comic in the world goes to Just for Laughs in…

— Jo Koy

You do what you're supposed to do, but you have to be honest about what they're doing. When you do a comedy…

— Joe Rogan

You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.

— Pauly Shore

Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous.

— Patton Oswalt

The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.

— Criss Jami

Audiences have proved time and again that they don't want a steady diet of any entertainer airing his social views - especially…

— Johnny Carson

Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to…

— Greg Behrendt

I have fear of the audience and I am responsible for the scenes involving me, be it as a comedian or hero.

— Karunas

I'm a liberal arts comedian and the definition of liberal arts is all spheres of human knowledge, coexisting, mixing and influencing each…

— Adam Conover

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

— Sam Kinison

I am a comedian. I do feel I have to put my experience on a public stage. As an artist, that's what…

— David Baddiel

I've always been a sarcastic person and people I dated would say, 'Oh, you're hilarious,' but it never occurred to me to…

— Janelle James

I love the buzz of doing live. I am a stand-up comedian and so I am not scared of live.

— Alan Carr

The audience loves when the comedian talks to them. You're creating inside jokes, which creates a community.

— Wendy Liebman

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

August is the time when I can feel myself getting stronger as a comedian. I'm at the height of my powers come…

— Nish Kumar

As a comedian you have to remind yourself that it happens; every now and again you can just have a bad gig…

— Richard Herring

Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to…

— Dick Cavett

I set out to be a comedian, and then the spokesperson thing is kind of just something that came along with it.

— Josh Blue

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

— Jim Gaffigan

I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity.

— Riaad Moosa

I feel sorry for confetti. Its useful life lasts about two seconds. And it can never be used again.

— George Carlin

As a wedding gift, Ray J gave Kim Kardashian his profits from their sex tape. It's 'Something Old' as well as 'Something…

— Joan Rivers

Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.

— Andrew Mayne

Ann Romney: 'The hardest part of being a stay at home mom was deciding which of our homes to stay at.'

— Andy Borowitz

I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.

— Romesh Ranganathan