Comedian Quotes · Page 4

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.

— Dolly Parton

You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.

— David Steinberg

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

— Kate McKinnon

“I know I always want to do the best I can.”

— Adam Sandler

“We are all dead men on leave." —Eugene Levine, comedian”

— Leslie Langtry

I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker.

— Peter Baynham

Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them.

— Jake Kasdan

For a comedian, talking to people is the best education.

— Thambi Ramaiah

I play a garbage man who moonlights as a stand-up comedian. Terrible.

— Judd Nelson

Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish?

— Paul Lynde

I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy.

— Pete Holmes

I think it's kind of crazy that we're still calling comedians "female comedians." That seems more like a sneak attack.

— Ilana Glazer

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

— Bob Newhart

In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.

— Sarah Silverman

Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.

— Chris Rock

If I want to be a real comedian, I can't let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material.

— Charlie Murphy

I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.

— Paul Merton

As a largely unsuccessful comedian, I've become someone that younger people sometimes find and ask for advice, which I'm happy to give,…

— Chris Gethard

I don't really consider myself to be a comedian. I mean, it's not like I'm sitting around writing jokes or anything. I…

— Amy Sedaris

If somebody said about me, 'I don't think his jokes are good, I don't think he's a good comedian,' I don't like…

— Jim Norton

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand…

— Eugene Levy

Really good comedians, you know, when they go on stage, they don't really care what the audience - they're fearless, you know?…

— Aziz Ansari

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than…

— Jon Richardson

I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing…

— Kevin Hart

It's just, you can get very complacent if you do the same thing all the time and especially the comedian, it gives…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close…

— Dane Cook

Filming in Cloak & Dagger I was trying to get my Screen Actors Guild card. Everybody tries to get their SAG card…

— Louie Anderson

It's like being a stand-up comedian is what leads to being a talk-show host. That life is not cut out for a…

— Chelsea Handler

One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I…

— Sandra Cisneros

By the time I was 11, I wanted to be a comedian. So all those years later, I've managed to achieve my…

— George Lopez

Half the time, you go on any one of these news sites, whether it be a Yahoo or a Google, and one…

— Brad Williams

I feel like when you do Twitter, sometimes you just have an idea and you fire it off and don't really think…

— Tim Heidecker

To show that a comedian on stage in India talking about sanitation or in South Africa talking about HIV and AIDS awareness,…

— Hasan Minhaj

Soft rock music isn’t rock, and it ain’t music. It’s just soft.

— George Carlin

“A comedian is better than a politician; at least there is no doubt.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Looking towards joy is the most important of rewiring the stress response”

— Miranda Hart

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

— Anthony Anderson

Keep laughing. As long as you’re laughing you still have hope.

— Moe Howard

The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.

— Pat Morita

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

— Chelsea Handler