Growing up, I didn't know anything about comedy and didn't know anything about comedians or what standup was. I grew up in… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy,… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I've got a group who can't play music, one bad comedian plus boyfriend, a nervous breakdown calling himself a magician, two coachloads… — Alan Bleasdale Copy Share Image
What's the good thing about being an actor, you can do more things. Not just being a comedian, not going overboard but… — Brandon T. Jackson Copy Share Image
My advice is: to try and stay really true to the things that make YOU laugh, as opposed to trying to create… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. I'm not Ed Murrow up on the roof in a London fog reporting on the… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
People look upon me primarily as a comedian. I'm trying to get away from that, though I do like comedy. — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Everyone goes "every comedian does Arnold Schwarzenegger". Yes, they do; but do they do Arnold Schwarzenegger in Brokeback Mountain? — Pablo Francisco Copy Share Image
It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you're the boss. It's your stage, and don't screw with… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it. — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
The glass is always half empty. All good comedians are manic-depressive. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
In reality, as a comedian, you're successful because you're funny, and you should be able to be funny about anything. — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about comedy that annoys me the most from a comedian perspective. Comedy has gotten so segregated. Now… — Michael Che Copy Share Image
Bombing teaches you how badly you want to become a comedian. Because unless it's a burning desire, you'll quit when the consistent… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em. — Flip Wilson Copy Share Image
As a comedian and talk show host, Jon Stewart has been pretty funny. But as a pundit and player in our politics,… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
I always think stand-up is the most brutal environment for a comedian. — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
