Comedian Quotes · Page 8

I now consider it a good day when I don't step on my boobs.

— Joan Rivers

My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.

— Vir Das

I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. If you find me funny, good.

— Alan Carr

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

— Diane Neal

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

— Rowan Atkinson

I want more stand-up comics in prime time. It's great for every comedian.

— Ralphie May

I'm not a stand-up comedian; I'm not a satirist.

— James Corden

Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.

— Aubrey Plaza

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

“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh. VOLTAIRE”

— Anonymous

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take…

— Les Claypool

When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be…

— Will Ferrell

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

I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort…

— Patton Oswalt

My career was exploding at the same time that social media itself was expanding. But when my online videos were taking off,…

— Bo Burnham

Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other…

— Mike Birbiglia

I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then…

— Pauly Shore

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

— Carlos Mencia

When I was in high school I saw Steven Wright, a brilliant one-liner comedian, and I thought: 'That's what I should do;…

— Mike Birbiglia

I don't consider myself a stand-up comedian. I consider myself a performer; a comic as opposed to stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedians stand…

— J. B. Smoove

Magicians are definitely more arrogant. They're kind of like "Abra Kadabra, you're an idiot," they don't let you in on the joke.…

— Jim Carrey

Roxanne came along in '86, when I was doing a lot of stand-up. I auditioned for the movie, and of course I…

— Kevin Nealon

It was a very interesting experience. You know, I don't think words could do it justice. Roseanne [Barr] is a comedian, a…

— Jill Stein

It's a great time to be a comedian because you've got so much more control. You can say what you want to.…

— Bill Burr

Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows,…

— Robert Hewison

We're shaking up a format, which I think is always a good thing. The thing about [2011 Oscar hosts] James [Franco] and…

— Bruce Vilanch

It’s sad. Marxism didn’t work. Communism didn’t work. Capitalism doesn’t work. Nothing works. Even democracy doesn’t work. Democracy-the greatest form of government…

— Colin Quinn

I never wanted to churn it out. Comedians tend to work all the time. They never put it down like musicians who…

— Chris Rock

My life was typical. I played a little Little League baseball. I never wanted for food. I always had shoes. I had…

— Jon Stewart

I went to the Missing Persons Bureau but no one was there.

— George Carlin

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

— Baron Vaughn

I think Mitch Hedberg is one of the great comedians of the past 20 years.

— Mike Birbiglia

Hey man! I'm a comedian but I'm not a clown.

— Godfrey

I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.

— Judd Apatow

A lot of being a comedian is about observing people.

— Anh Do

As a comedian, frankly, I don't care that much about bad jokes.

— Dave Rubin

They're the darkest people I know, comedians.

— Jake Gyllenhaal