But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people,… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My stand-up isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
I didn't tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
To have a comedian stand up and use the shield of irony and the sword of truth, you're there to point out… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will… — Ellen Terry Copy Share Image
When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you're rich. If your name is on your desk, you're… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
You spend so much time in the world of virtual that the actual - which nothing is more actual than stand-up -… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
When I was seven, I said, "I want to act." When I was 10, I realized that films exist, and I wanted… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find… — Aries Spears Copy Share Image
When you're a cricket fan, your summer is defined by the Test match itinerary. Similarly, when you're a young comedian, your summer… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
You can't tell how experienced a comedian is by how light they travel. An established comic who I love, Lucy Pearman, wheeled… — Lou Sanders Copy Share Image
I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian, and I have my share of anxiety and depression; so do most of my friends. My humor tends to… — Rachel Bloom Copy Share Image
I took a class from a church comedian and I was squeaky-clean for five, six years of my career starting in churches,… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
I think it's great training for any comedian to start on cows. Because with cows, you expect them to be bored and… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
I have late onset ADHD. I take on too much and end up spinning plates, but it's entertaining, and it helps you… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
No one who hired Siegfried & Roy was shocked when they brought a tiger onstage. So you shouldn't be shocked if you… — Adam Conover Copy Share Image
I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
“And put your shirt back on, why don't you?" she said over her shoulder. "Remember, I'm a lady." "If'n you call twelve… — Tess Hilmo Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that I'm on some crusade to change people's minds. I'm just doing what I do. I'm a comedian, I'm… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
What I like about stand-up is, it's truthful. I'm not up there trying to get laid or look cool. I'm up there… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Reading [Judd Apatow] book, about his background, I think there's a great similarity. What gives him the fire to work hard? He… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
It's hard to say you're a comedian because that is almost an admittance that you're funny, and if you say that, you… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
I believe in being honest with myself. If there's one thing I hate it's when a comedian is great and won't admit… — Jack Benny Copy Share Image
I pushed against doing a podcast for so long. I'm a very late comer to the podcast game. But you're responsibility as… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
For comedians, we're all kind of tweeting our thoughts instead of spending time developing them. You can gauge how good a joke… — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
Jamie Kilstein is amazing and I will be spreading the word. He has the spark that energized my conscience. We need more… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I enjoy Chris Rock. Bill Burr. Wanda Sykes. I enjoy the legends. But no one is like Richard Pryor. Before I knew… — Janelle James Copy Share Image
If I was a young man, I might have bypassed the whole comedian-actor thing and just been a filmmaker. Then I'd probably… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
Joe Rogan has this podcast where he's talking astrophysics and lean BMI indexes and weird philosophy most of the time and yet,… — Moshe Kasher 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
To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I'm a standup comedian who gets to act. I'm never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
Some comedians change their style, often to their advantage; but I see no reason why I can't continue with the "urbane sophisticate"… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
When you see a crowd of people jumping up and down at a pop concert, all gloriously in the moment, I don't… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
This is something that the nimblest standup comedians learn, over time, to handle gracefully. They'll go between prepared material, then they'll respond… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
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