Comedian Quotes · Page 19

At first, it was really weird after being a touring stand-up comedian that wears just jeans and a shirt. But now, it's…

— Hasan Minhaj

I guess I still feel that I'm a comedian; if I had to pick one thing that I feel like I could…

— Larry David

Comedians have the ability to feel other emotions.

— Bill Burr

Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could…

— Jim Jefferies

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

— Chris Rock

I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we…

— Ellen DeGeneres

[Twitter] is not totally where I go anymore to sell myself as a concept, as a comedian, because it moves too fast.

— Jen Kirkman

I know a lot about Jewish comedians.

— Dana Snyder

I wanted to be a director and comedian and my plan was to go to NYU. I wanted to be in UCB.

— Finn Wolfhard

I don't even consider myself a comedian.

— Lee Evans

Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me, as a late-night talk show, which is a broader audience - is…

— Jimmy Fallon

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

— Leigh Steinberg

A lot of people who claim they're political comedians are just comedians who have opinions. But they stop being funny the minute…

— Gilbert Gottfried

Woody Allen is a great dramatist and a great comedian.

— Cate Blanchett

The one thing an audience always has in common with a comedian is troubles. The Yiddish word for that is tsuris. You're…

— David Steinberg

I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that.

— Ron Shock

No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.

— Adam Carolla

August is the time when I can feel myself getting stronger as a comedian. I'm at the height of my powers come…

— Nish Kumar

I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use…

— Demetri Martin

I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I started when I was 14. I figured out that's what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I…

— Dave Chappelle

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I…

— Maya Rudolph

To ask a pratfall comedian, a dishes-in-the-face comic like me, to lay back and bring none of that stuff to the script…

— Jerry Lewis

I'm a lot smarter and thoughtful of a comedian. This market is different than it was. You don't have to have cable…

— Joe Torry

I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort…

— Patton Oswalt