Comedian Quotes · Page 29

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

I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people…

— Gemma Ward

Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

— Kevin Hart

There's many hundreds of millions of people who have jobs harder than comedians. And I also remind myself of that everyday. No…

— Chris Gethard

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I…

— Lydia Lunch

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

— Morgan Freeman

It used to be if you wanted to be a comedian, you used to just do sets. You'd go up three times…

— Kurt Braunohler

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

— Bob Newhart

Being comedian outside of performing, you're someone who's analyzing life, and thinking about it, and observing so much. In my opinion, it…

— Chris Gethard

Several of my uncles are comedians. My father is a comedian; my grandfather was known for his jokes. It definitely runs in…

— Charlie Murphy

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind…

— Barry Humphries

Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slightly clammy, beatifically smiley dullards with…

— Jo Brand

I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens.…

— David Baddiel

“If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The…

— Steve Allen

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

— Buddy Hackett

Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's…

— Ricky Gervais

Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.

— Lynne Truss

Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.

— Margaret Cho

I'm a comedian. I make comic films and there are certain ideas that occur to me that are comic, with heavy, serious…

— Woody Allen

Titles always sound so pretentious, and when I see a comedian, I just want the person to take flight, not stick to…

— Jeremy Hardy

Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.

— Shelley Berman

I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.

— Judd Apatow

Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist.

— Nick Kroll

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like…

— Louis C. K

For generations comedians have made jokes about Scots-Irish in the South inter-breeding. "I am my own grandpa" and all that stuff; you…

— Ishmael Reed