To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way…

So many people, my friends and family, were all saying, "You're so funny. Why don't you become a comedian or an actor?" But it…

— John Leguizamo

It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices, but that…

— John Leguizamo

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

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

— Greg Davies

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'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo.

— Gabriel Iglesias

No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian playing, I'd go watch.

— Michael Waltrip

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be…

— Tatiana Maslany

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

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

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

— Frank Skinner

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

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