Comedian Quotes · Page 18

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

— Bob Hope

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

— Chris Tucker

There was a time when I was like, 'I'm a dramatic actor,' 'I'm a comedian'... There's no line anymore. You have to…

— Christina Applegate

Some performers are brilliant comedians, some are genius musicians, and some just make you happy to be alive. THE BOBS are all…

— Paul Provenza

“...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... . he isn't like this writer or actor or comedian... - YOU FUCKING LIAR.”

— Deyth Banger

Never really intended to be a comedian, just sort of fell into that, but always wanted to be in show business, or…

— Doug Benson

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.

— Bo Burnham

Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.

— John Bishop

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about, and…

— Jon Stewart

The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a…

— Margaret Cho

Of the many qualities I adore about Melissa McCarthy as a comedian and as a dramatic actor, the best is how fully…

— Lisa Schwarzbaum

When I used to work the road, I remember I used to ask myself in the mirror, literally, like in a movie,…

— Pete Holmes

I wasn't the good looking guy, I wasn't the hot chick, I wasn't the fat guy, I didn't have a catchphrase, I…

— Bill Burr

I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted…

— Ellen DeGeneres

A lot of comics claimed to be political comedians when George W. Bush was in office just by calling him an idiot.…

— W. Kamau Bell

Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian…

— Virginia Postrel

A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel.…

— Harold Ramis

The personal boundaries, I think for comedians they're a little bit different anyway, but I think people - feel free to do…

— Brad Williams

In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being…

— Simon Pegg

I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world - you know, a kid sister of the “real…

— Chelsea Peretti

Phunny Business is a breezy, vivid, funny, star-studded and delightful valentine to comedy, entrepreneurship and the All-American impulse to make something out…

— Nathan Rabin

When I'm traveling a lot the flight attendants will ask what I do and if I say I'm a magician then I…

— Justin Willman

As a performer, you get your 'thing.' You're the deadpan comedian, or the mad one, or the sexy one, and then you…

— Lenny Henry

I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy, as soon as you do, you aren't a…

— Ricky Gervais

I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.

— Cheyenne Kimball

I am a comedian. You may or may not find me funny, but the fact remains, that I am a comedian.

— Sarah Millican

I am a funny as well as an emotional person. The comedian inside me cries at times while watching a movie.

— Bharti Singh

The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.

— Nick Swardson

The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.

— Allen Toussaint

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

— Maya Rudolph

Well, I was lost but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament!

— Mitch Hedberg

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

— Tatiana Maslany

I think Jimmy Carr is very funny and probably the most industrious comedian I know and I really respect him for that.

— Frank Skinner

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't…

— Ricky Gervais

I'm a comedian. You have to understand that my brain doesn't work like a politician's brain.

— Beppe Grillo

If I want to keep working as an actor, I'm going to become a comedian who does fart jokes.

— Peter Sarsgaard

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

— Jim Gaffigan

I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now

— Bob Monkhouse

I don't think I've ever had a conversation with a comedian who stole except for when it's been in anger.

— Matt Besser

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good…

— Omar Sy