Comedians Quotes · Page 6

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

— James Lipton

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

— Gene Wilder

As comedians, we work our whole lives hoping for a break.

— Nigel Ng

Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

— Kevin Hart

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.

— Yakov Smirnoff

When I started, there was no comedy community, no comedy industry; there were comedians.

— Robert Klein

What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.

— Chris Gethard

Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world.

— Trevor Noah

I suppose I'll do my dramatic turn that comedians do at some point, I'll do my 'Patch Adams' or what not.

— Janelle James

I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent,…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I mean, all alternative comedy is are comedians that have being doing it for so long, for so long, that they were…

— Patton Oswalt

I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.'

— Bobcat Goldthwait

The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do…

— Michael Moriarty

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

— Tim Minchin

When you hang around a lot of comedians long enough, you realize there's a certain gene, in every comedian. It's why we…

— Chris Hardwick

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor.

— Stephen Colbert

I think that laughter is very close to terror and horror. Maybe that's just me, but that sort of all - over…

— Jennifer Lynch

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

When young comedians ask me for advice that's the one thing I always say is if they're improvisers I'm like do improv,…

— Chris Gethard

What I love about comedians is their instinct is always to go against the grain. Their whole existence is pointing out the…

— Colin Quinn

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

I love comedians that dive into politics. I personally don't feel comfortable, with my background, weighing in unless I have a take…

— John Mulaney

I'm glad that that era of stand-up is over, because I think it adversely affected a lot of people who could have…

— Patton Oswalt

A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room…

— Anonymous

I love comedy, and I love listening to comedians talk.

— Sam Darnold

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

— Bob Newhart

comedians are people who say funny things, and comics are people who say things funny.

— Staton Rabin

When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.

— Mike Birbiglia

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

— Bob Newhart

I like LA because it has a giant supply of great comedians.

— Joe Rogan

Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish?

— Paul Lynde

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.

— Joely Fisher

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.

— Jonathan Krisel

Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion.

— Ted Alexandro

It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.

— Brad Williams

Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

— David Steinberg

I've always felt so unconnected to other comedians.

— Michael McIntyre

“Nothing is a joke with me. It just all comes out like one.”

— Lorrie Moore

The glass is always half empty. All good comedians are manic-depressive.

— Joan Rivers

'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.

— Martin Short