Comedians Quotes · Page 5

Comedians are always narrating the story of the people. Always.

— Baron Vaughn

I'd like to be remembered as good person and as one of the best comedians of my generation.

— Hannibal Buress

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.

— Artie Lange

Can you relate? ever looked at your bestfriend and thought why aren't we comedians?

— Anonymous

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

— Jim Gaffigan

I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy.

— Roberto Benigni

The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.

— Allen Toussaint

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.

— Will Ferrell

I really will never understand pushing back on comedians who are like, "I'm like a politician campaigning and shaking hands with these…

— Jen Kirkman

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like…

— Tracy Morgan

“Comedians love people to point and laugh at them, even if they are not funny, naturists don't, no matter how funny they…

— Roy Station

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the…

— Maria Bamford

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

— Jim Gaffigan

I knew nothing about professional comedians when I became a comedian. I was a rabbi. So I had no professional comedians to…

— Jackie Mason

You could have a room full of the best comedians in the world and, for some reason, Chris Farley would take the…

— Jo Koy

I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on…

— Kayvan Novak

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved…

— Steve Martin

You can see that the successful comedians who have come from New Zealand, like Flight of the Conchords, they had the time…

— Rose Matafeo

All the people I looked up to - Roseanne, Tim Allen, and Jerry Seinfeld - were stand-up comedians who used humor to…

— Retta

It's important that comedians talk about difficult and dangerous subjects; you have to be very careful that you don't just hear the…

— Frank Skinner

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but…

— Steve Buscemi

Where are the exhortations for children to reject the self-defeating stereotypes that reduce black people to violent, oversexed 'gangstas,' minstrel show comedians…

— Juan Williams

I think 'Lost in Space' certainly shifted from being an ensemble adventure series about a family facing the unknown alien environment to…

— Bill Mumy

When I first started, stand-up comedians writing novels was thought of as a great encroachment on the art form and people got…

— David Baddiel

Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.

— Sally Phillips

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

— Jimmy Wales

Thou shalt not steal-only from other comedians.

— W. C. Fields

I have never ever hung out with actors and comedians. I can't stand it.

— Keith Allen

I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.

— Mike Birbiglia

“98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I am shocked that both the Congress and SAD make fun of comedians.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

Do you ever look at your friends and think why the hell arent we comedians?

— Nate

If laughter is the best medicine, why don't we make appointments with comedians?

— Chinier Bennett

We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'

— Julian Barratt

We're improv comedians, we're not necessarily actors, we don't come across that way.

— Joe Gatto

I think a lot of comedians sometimes pretend to find the job more taxing than it is.

— Dani Levy

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

— Anonymous

Normal people don't become stand-up comedians.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

— Anonymous

I don't get all the anger that is thrown at comedians.

— Brad Williams