Comedian Quotes · Page 14

I mostly want to highlight things that feel like an injustice, and that's not really political. No one is going to -…

— Negin Farsad

People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'…

— Kapil Sharma

I don't want to do many panel shows. I'm a comic actor, not a comedian. There would be something wrong in Steve…

— Diane Morgan

I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in…

— Ricky Gervais

My daughter Fathima is a bigger comedian than me. She makes me laugh all the time.

— Ali

But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people,…

— Jimmy Carr

I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part…

— Cecilia Bartoli

Audiences have proved time and again that they don't want a steady diet of any entertainer airing his social views - especially…

— Johnny Carson

For every stand-up comedian, Just for Laughs is our Super Bowl. Every comic in the world goes to Just for Laughs in…

— Jo Koy

Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big…

— Jenny Slate

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

— Brett Gelman

I feel really trapped as a comedian - someone who is supposed to be funny and light, making jokes all the time.…

— Whitney Cummings

Ex-girlfriends will find themselves in my new routine. Sometimes they like that, and sometimes they definitely do not. But comedians should come…

— Dane Cook

I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don't be calculated about it…

— Scott Aukerman

When you deal with a comedian who has a specific act, you can't hold 'em back. You got to work with 'em,…

— Pauly Shore

Branne's [Pavlovic] parents wanted him to become a taxi driver, but he became a stand-up comedian instead. So they died of shame.

— Aron Flam

I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more…

— Colin Firth

If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.

— Chunky Pandey

If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I…

— Kage Baker

I feel the life expectancy of a comedian is 30 seconds. If you don't hook an audience in half-a-minute, you're dead.

— Nipsey Russell

I think a lot of actors, comedians, musicians, artists are drawn to this world, because you're allowed to excavate whatever it is…

— Sandra Bullock

I think Mitch Hedberg is one of the great comedians of the past 20 years.

— Mike Birbiglia

When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he's…

— Steven Wright

I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But…

— Aziz Ansari

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

— Bob Newhart