Comedian Quotes · Page 33

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

— Amy Poehler

A good comedian can make serious political points while also having a giggle.

— Rosie Jones

I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian…

— Michael Pena

All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.

— Fred Allen

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.

— Robert Wyatt

There are many terms that have been used to describe me: man, comedian, disappointment, hammock enthusiast.

— Joe Lycett

I’m a ridiculous person. If you take anything any comedian says seriously, then you’re stupid.

— Chelsea Handler

Both my uncles were in bands, my grandpa was a comedian who wore clown makeup on stage.

— Ava Max

When you hear "Seinfield," no one says, "the Jewish comic." You talk about Cedric the Entertainer, you don't say, "African American comedian…

— Gabriel Iglesias

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

— Jimmy Fallon

I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at…

— Ellen DeGeneres

Freedom of speech does not mean that you have to agree with everything that a comedian says, but that comedian should have…

— Brad Williams

Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way,…

— Chris Rock

When it comes to English stand-up comedy, Indians have only seen the best - Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby and the like. So,…

— Vir Das

I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician.…

— Bernie Mac

It's a weird one: nobody notices when a brilliant comedian is fat or has sweat marks under their arms. Peter Kay isn't…

— Michael McIntyre

People always ask about my dad and his comedic influence. It's funny because my mom is really the comedian of our household.

— Dan Levy

I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five…

— Adam Sandler

When you left my presence, you left expedient. You ain't no fuckin killer, youse a comedian, beyotch.

— DJ Quik

I played few hero roles in the initial days of my career, but audiences loved me for my comic timing and, therefore,…

— Ali

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

— Tim Minchin

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together…

— Gary Gulman

You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has…

— Margaret Rutherford

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people…

— Conan O'Brien

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

— Jack Dee

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh.

— Carlos Mencia

It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat.

— Kingsley Amis

If Mandela were a comedian, I bet he would never get mad at a heckler, he'd give him or her a hug.

— Godfrey

Everyone goes "every comedian does Arnold Schwarzenegger". Yes, they do; but do they do Arnold Schwarzenegger in Brokeback Mountain?

— Pablo Francisco

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

— Jeff Dunham

You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in…

— Chris Rock

If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.

— Linda Blair

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

— Kevin Nealon

I always wanted to be a stand-up comedian, even as a kid. Me and my dad would watch 'Evening at the Improv'…

— Adam DeVine

There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.

— Samantha Bee

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

— Drew Carey

I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

— Felipe Esparza

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor.

— Stephen Colbert

That's how to make a stand-up comedian: You take a person who is uncomfortable and try to squirrel their way out of…

— W. Kamau Bell

I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread.

— Mitch Hedberg