Comedians Quotes · Page 2

I love standup comedians. I really do.

— Jim Gaffigan

Architects are the new comedians.

— Simon Doonan

Good comedians are great philosophers.

— Reggie Watts

People are born comedians.

— Johnny Lever

A lot of comedians are selfish.

— J. B. Smoove

Comedians should never apologize for a joke.

— Tony Hinchcliffe

I don't like any female comedians.

— Jerry Lewis

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

— Michael Showalter

My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.

— Joseph Bologna

Christmas coming means one thing for comedians: office party gigs!

— Katherine Ryan

Ever looked at your best friend and wonder: Why the hell aren't we comedians?

— Anonymous

I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.

— Russell Peters

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

— Rachel Dratch

There's a bunch of really good comedians who I've known for years.

— Matt Rife

My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.

— Ron White

People who become comedians… come from pain, come from conflict.

— Harvey Korman

If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are…

— Adam DeVine

I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of…

— Bo Burnham

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

— Larry King

There's a lot of theaters in New York. You can always go out and be around a lot of like-minded comedians.

— Kenan Thompson

I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.

— Samantha Akkineni

I've always wanted to make people laugh. It's been my only ambition, ever since my dad introduced me to the genius of…

— Diane Morgan

There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.

— Elayne Boosler

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S.…

— John Oliver

In L.A., there could be a million delusional comedians or actors and they all blend in together and no one is ever…

— Amy Miller

Every comedian works differently. Some comedians might do just observational stuff and they don't do anything personal, and other people.. everything they…

— Brian Regan

For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the…

— Colin Quinn

If you look at the exports, Sasha Baron Cohen, Simon Pegg, Ricky Gervais, all these actors are comedians arent they? But they…

— Danny John-Jules

When something really affects you, it's hard to find the humor in it sometimes. There's are a lot of reasons why there…

— Sarah Cooper

My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being…

— Pauly Shore

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic…

— Todd Barry

When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke…

— Jasper Carrott

A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel.…

— Harold Ramis

I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were…

— Tig Notaro

I think most comedians go through that (period), where you have to change or evolve. You don't want to just keep doing…

— Patton Oswalt

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

Illshain Was Inspired By Charlie Chaplin The Legend In America, Charlie Caplin Is The Best Comedian In The World. ILLSHAIN Favourite ComedianS…

— Anonymous

Growing up, I didn't know anything about comedy and didn't know anything about comedians or what standup was. I grew up in…

— Carlos Mencia

This is going to sound pretentious, but I like comedy that addresses something I find either worrisome or interesting in my life.…

— Zach Woods

One of the problems I see with these comics on television, particularly cable television, is, since you can say anything in terms…

— Tom Lehrer