Comedian Quotes · Page 24

As a comedian, Trump is comedy gold, and he almost makes my job too easy... the stuff that comes out of his…

— Maysoon Zayid

Comedians have a tendency to have a limited range, they tend to do one thing and do it very well, but it's…

— Woody Allen

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

— Samm Levine

What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.

— Buddy Hackett

To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying…

— Don Rickles

For me personally, being a comedian is having funny ideas and saying them: it's not just saying them. I need the complete…

— Frank Skinner

I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job…

— Mark Thomas

Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it.

— Louis C. K

John was the smartest and most amazing comedian I've ever worked with. I think more than teaching me about acting or comedy,…

— Kaley Cuoco

I think Eddie Izzard is one of the brightest minds of our generation. I don't see him as a comedian as much…

— Bryan Fuller

Comedians a lot of times we're on the road, we're by our self. We come home to New York to our empty…

— Jeff Ross

I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny…

— Kurt Vonnegut

People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human…

— Erik Griffin

I've been insane for a long time. An ex-girlfriend of mine once asked, "Is it true that all comedians are depressed?," and…

— Jason Gann

Since we are made up of comedians and filmmakers and writers and improvisers, we have the unique opportunity to bring joy to…

— Lizz Winstead

My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such…

— Brian d'Arcy James

Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige,…

— Chris Rock

Philosophers, comedians, and tipsy birthday celebrants all have proposed theories about why time seems to move increasingly swiftly as we grow older.…

— Michael Sims

I know it's the comedian's instinct to say, "Do it, man, nothing's off-limits! It's cool, bro!" I don't know if that's the…

— Bo Burnham

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it…

— Steve Buscemi

I loved working in stand-up, and I always dreamed that I could make a movie about it. I didn't know if I…

— Judd Apatow

I mean, I understand that Scrubs was my big break, but sooner or later you have to move on. I've already directed…

— Zach Braff

There's a reason I'm a stand-up comedian. I think there may be some laziness inherent in that job. It's the four-hour work…

— Maria Bamford

When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from…

— George Carlin

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

Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.

— H. L. Mencken

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

— Lenny Bruce

If you want someone who can make you smile and even laugh, just find a comedian

— RK26

“I don’t think being a comedian gives you any fucking insight into what makes people laugh.”

— craig ferguson

I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect…

— Will Smith

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

— Bobby Darin

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.

— Leila Josefowicz

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

— Groucho Marx

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

— Paul Rudd

I'm a very straightforward person. But that's fine for a comedian. Because a lot of times you're talking about everyone else.

— John Mulaney

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail,…

— Tommy Chong

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'm a clown. I'm a comedian. Comedy, by design, is a place to explore the subconscious.

— Ramy Youssef

Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.

— Johnny Vegas

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human…

— John Oliver