Comedian Quotes · Page 35

I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19,…

— Jenny McCarthy

As a comedian, part of what's so gratifying for me is hearing people laugh.

— Ego Nwodim

If you watch the arcs of so many comedians, at some point, they just become themselves.

— Judd Apatow

I antagonize people wherever I go. I think it's a mirth defect.

— Rock Cowles

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

— Maya Rudolph

I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.

— Kate McKinnon

I find comedians to be the biggest cocksuckers, because they don't want people to know how easy it is.

— Gavin McInnes

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

— Marcus Brigstocke

Some street jokes are just timeless. There's an old street joke about comedians. The joke is that a beautiful girl comes up…

— Amy Schumer

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like…

— Neil LaBute

Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to…

— Greg Behrendt

When I got into this, I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me, I was…

— Adam Sandler

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a…

— Jimmy Carr

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

— Bobby Darin

I never had the confidence to say I was going to be in front of the camera as a comedian until I…

— Chris Rock

[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost.

— Keegan-Michael Key

I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up.

— Stephanie Miller

When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

— Chris Hardwick

Anybody with a sharp brain and a mic can become a comedian, but there's a need to move beyond it. The audience…

— Vir Das

As a comedian and satirist you have to be neutral, because everyone's fair game. Once you show bias, you lose that.

— Bill Bailey

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take…

— Les Claypool

Not that I don't think irreverent humor and someone being filthy is funny, I just do what I do. Any comedian would…

— Jim Gaffigan

I am a funny as well as an emotional person. The comedian inside me cries at times while watching a movie.

— Bharti Singh

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

— Brad Garrett

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.

— Louis C. K