Comedian Quotes · Page 37

In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the…

— Billy Crystal

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be…

— Jessie Cave

This is a dream come true. HBO is the highest echelon in the world for a stand-up comedian to attain. Throughout my…

— Dane Cook

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a…

— Adam Sandler

I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're…

— Ian Mckellen

My theory about comedians is that their greatest fear is other people laughing at them. So comedy is an attempt to control…

— Ben Miller

There's this other world where all comedians want to do is make funny videos. Typically what's happened in the past is that…

— Gavin McInnes

Who's famous anymore? No one. There are these comedians that are famous in a weird way. There are comedians, like Anjelah Johnson…

— Moshe Kasher

So many people there are in politics that they're overly cautious about laughing at stuff. They're so damned concerned about what everyone…

— Bill Burr

All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure…

— William Saroyan

You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of…

— Patton Oswalt

So many people, my friends and family, were all saying, "You're so funny. Why don't you become a comedian or an actor?"…

— John Leguizamo

I personally knew and worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy hired me to open for him at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas…

— Byron Allen

As a comedian, I have the gift of looking at something a bit differently and making it funny. I'm not sure why…

— Henry Cho

I didn't want to be a comedian. I wanted to be an actor - maybe a comic actor, but a real actor…

— Gene Wilder

I had to write a comedy set and film a show at the same time. And it's the second time I've been…

— Zach Anner

I'm a standup comedian who can't drive. I have never learned. I don't trust my hand-eye coordination. You're looking at someone who…

— Nish Kumar

Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy…

— Bob Newhart

My first job was selling doors, door to door. That's a tough job isn't it? Bing Bong; Hello, can I interest you…

— Bill Bailey

I was trained classically, and that's something that I want to do, but I do want to say that right now it's…

— Eliza Coupe

Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as…

— Rob Bell

To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's…

— Steve Harvey

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off…

— John Cena

There's a big thing right now with people using stand-up as a scapegoat. People think comedians have the power to change someone…

— Bill Burr

I've been seesawing between not doing too much racial stuff - because I'd rather be known as the funny comedian than the…

— Ronny Chieng

I've already produced one hour specials for other comedians and I have a TV show called Stand Up Revolution where I showcase…

— Gabriel Iglesias

Sydney and I made so many pictures together we were becoming Abbott and Costello, so we broke up. You know Greenstreet was…

— Peter Lorre

My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him - being that belly-laugh kind of funny, and…

— Carol Burnett

If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or…

— John Oliver

You’re so hilarious. You know, if this whole Daimon-slaying gig doesn’t work out for you, you should really consider being a comedian.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

There are some actors who have an interest in comedy but they can't say this openly. They do feel insecure about the…

— Johnny Lever

I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that…

— Carrot Top

A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to…

— Stephan Pastis

To ask a pratfall comedian, a dishes-in-the-face comic like me, to lay back and bring none of that stuff to the script…

— Jerry Lewis

My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such…

— Brian d'Arcy James

Since we are made up of comedians and filmmakers and writers and improvisers, we have the unique opportunity to bring joy to…

— Lizz Winstead

I've been insane for a long time. An ex-girlfriend of mine once asked, "Is it true that all comedians are depressed?," and…

— Jason Gann

People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human…

— Erik Griffin

I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Comedians a lot of times we're on the road, we're by our self. We come home to New York to our empty…

— Jeff Ross