I was doing a lot of drama until I took the comedy role in…

Comedians have varying levels of training. It can range from classically trained actors (like Robin Williams) to people who took comedy classes to folks…

— Ted Alexandro

I was always given the comedy role, even in the ballet. I was the one who fell off her points, you know? I love…

— June Whitfield

I am interested in complex characters who are difficult and have numerous sides. But I would love to do a comedy role - something…

— Eugene Simon

For the first actual comedy-comedy I did, I took a comedy class in New York, which was full of slightly unhinged people. It was…

— Zach Woods

It was a struggle for a long time. My parents were rightly cautious, in the sense that they were like, "We want you to…

— Hasan Minhaj

It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore.

— Jeff Ross

If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that…

— Jim Norton

I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and…

— Jim Jefferies

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who…

— Jon Richardson

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

— Pauly Shore

When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.…

— Brad Williams

The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more.

— Greg Davies

I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure.

— Frank Skinner

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put…

— Bo Burnham

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you…

— Colin Quinn