Comedian Quotes · Page 11

I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.

— Romesh Ranganathan

I was a guest on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, and I interviewed him when I was 15 years…

— Judd Apatow

Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then…

— David Cross

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

— Anthony Anderson

I had no choice but to make me as a comedian, because I am not particularly gifted with a lot of marketable…

— Christian Finnegan

When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view.

— Rob Riggle

I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think…

— Billy Crystal

I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He…

— Ted Danson

I've never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of: Don't sit on a wall, if…

— Ricky Gervais

What happens after you die? Lot's of things happen after you die - they just don't involve you

— Louis C. K

I consider Lena Dunham a comedian.

— Mike Birbiglia

I have not moved out of the comedian's box into the news box. The news box is moving towards me.

— Jon Stewart

Freedom of speech does not mean that you have to agree with everything that a comedian says, but that comedian should have…

— Brad Williams

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups…

— Busy Philipps

As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent…

— Elvis Costello

I wish I had the guts and talent to be a good comedian. I love the idea of it, yet I'm terrified…

— Charlie Rowe

Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

— Ted Alexandro

The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going…

— Nish Kumar

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm…

— Bob Newhart

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

— Dane Cook

Your average comedian doesn't know the podcast universe, really.

— Scott Aukerman

I'm a rap comedian the same way Bill Cosby is a jazz comedian, Cosby's laid back. I'm like, bang, bang bang, right…

— Chris Rock

I set out to be a comedian, and then the spokesperson thing is kind of just something that came along with it.

— Josh Blue

I can't be typecast as a comedian. Only an actor capable of doing three-dimensional roles can do comedy.

— Rajpal Yadav