Comedian Quotes · Page 38

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 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

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

— Bryan Fogel

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

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

— Bob Newhart

I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth…

— Amy Poehler

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a…

— Jimmy Carr

Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could…

— Jim Jefferies

Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way.…

— Scott Aukerman

Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country,…

— Scott Thompson

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 have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story…

— Steve Martin

I mostly want to highlight things that feel like an injustice, and that's not really political. No one is going to -…

— Negin Farsad

Over the years, I'd hear Jon Stewart disavow being a journalist and say, 'No, I'm a comedian.' I'd be like, 'Stop pretending.…

— W. Kamau Bell

The comedy community is fairly supportive of human beings in general. There are some things you can teach with comedy that people…

— Colin Mochrie

I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus…

— Justin Timberlake

I stand by everything I said. I absolutely can defend my material, and I take issue with people who say, "It's just…

— David Cross

I think with a comedian, when you get to the point of a greatest hits, it's kind of an acknowledgment that you've…

— Jeff Foxworthy

In my fifth-grade yearbook - it's right up there on the top shell - the last page says, "What about your future?"…

— George Carlin

My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the…

— Amy Schumer

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or…

— Hannibal Buress

It's funny, because I was trained as a dramatic actor at New York's Colonnades Theater Lab in the '70s, along with Jeff…

— Peter Scolari

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I…

— Lydia Lunch

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the…

— Steve Martin

Some comedians really are funnier than others. Some people really are more beautiful than others. But these are true only because of…

— Jonathan Haidt

I don't mind being accused of being a bad comedian and I don't even mind being accused of being a bad talk-show…

— David Letterman

The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian…

— Lil Dicky

I couldn't tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don't tell people you're gonna be a…

— Chris Tucker

The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a…

— Seth Meyers

A lot of people who claim they're political comedians are just comedians who have opinions. But they stop being funny the minute…

— Gilbert Gottfried

There's something really powerful about comedy. When the little guy, the comedian, punches up towards the big guy, or Trump, exposing him,…

— Randy Rainbow

As a comedian, as a person, as a citizen, as a mammal - in all of those areas, I am looking forward…

— Jon Stewart

I loved smart and fearless comedians like Joan Rivers and Don Rickles. When they started out, what they did wasn't always socially…

— Roy Haylock

I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a…

— Kevin Hart