Comedian Quotes · Page 27

I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice.

— Reggie Watts

Sometimes I worry about things changing and people not liking me any more. As a comedian you do feel like you're walking…

— Michael McIntyre

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

— Maysoon Zayid

If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian.

— Rodney Dangerfield

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

— Anonymous

Nobody is a professional comedian for the first five, six years they're doing it.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate…

— Dave Chappelle

Most comedians weren't great athletes; that was the way they got noticed in high school.

— Judd Apatow

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the…

— Steve Martin

I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and…

— J. B. Smoove

A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about…

— Barry Crimmins

Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,…

— Dick Cavett

There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that.…

— Sean Lock

I don't want to follow comedians because I don't want to see what they're thinking about, 'cause then maybe I won't stumble…

— Nick Thune

There's no reason to be doing comedy during the day in a hot tent. I don't know why anyone thinks it's a…

— Janeane Garofalo

What you have to do as a comedian, that I suppose is quite difficult, is you have to end it. All the…

— John Bishop

I have a very high respect for professional comedians. What they do astonishes me. You have to be really smart and absorb…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I made sure that instead of people making fun of me, like every comedian probably says, I made fun of myself first…

— Eliza Coupe

Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you…

— Ricky Gervais

I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background…

— Fred Armisen

I am pleased to say that I am not a tortured comedian - I laugh a lot. My twenties weren't particularly happy,…

— Miranda Hart

I'm glad that that era of stand-up is over, because I think it adversely affected a lot of people who could have…

— Patton Oswalt

I think that laughter is very close to terror and horror. Maybe that's just me, but that sort of all - over…

— Jennifer Lynch

“I think in my old age I've come to realize just how precious everything is and I try to value the many…

— Phil Hartman

To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.

— Artie Lange

I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing…

— Sarah Silverman

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't.

— Ricky Gervais

I'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff.

— Morgan Freeman

Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the…

— Gabriel Iglesias

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is…

— Alexei Sayle

That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.

— Colin Quinn

A comedian needs more than just a sense of humour. He needs to observe everything around him.

— Vivek

A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.

— Chuck Jones

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

— Colin Firth

A good competition for comedians would be where a comedian has a conversation and is then quizzed on what the other person…

— Dana Gould

I see myself primarily as a comedian, and my aim on the 'Last Leg' is to be as funny as I can…

— Josh Widdicombe

I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not.…

— Mindy Kaling

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

— Vicki Lawrence