There's a big thing right now with people using stand-up as a scapegoat. People think comedians have the power to change someone… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off… — John Cena Copy Share Image
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that… — Carrot Top Copy Share Image
There are some actors who have an interest in comedy but they can't say this openly. They do feel insecure about the… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
You’re so hilarious. You know, if this whole Daimon-slaying gig doesn’t work out for you, you should really consider being a comedian.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I had to write a comedy set and film a show at the same time. And it's the second time I've been… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a comedian. I wanted to be an actor - maybe a comic actor, but a real actor… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
As a comedian, I have the gift of looking at something a bit differently and making it funny. I'm not sure why… — Henry Cho Copy Share Image
I personally knew and worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy hired me to open for him at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
So many people, my friends and family, were all saying, "You're so funny. Why don't you become a comedian or an actor?"… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I was trained classically, and that's something that I want to do, but I do want to say that right now it's… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
My first job was selling doors, door to door. That's a tough job isn't it? Bing Bong; Hello, can I interest you… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I'm a standup comedian who can't drive. I have never learned. I don't trust my hand-eye coordination. You're looking at someone who… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I just think of myself as a comedian, really. I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
If you do live shows long enough as a comedian, you can still hear that rhythm of laughing. It's ingrained in you,… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
I do what I do because there's nothing else for me to do. This is what I'm supposed to be doing. It… — Kim Coles Copy Share Image
To have a reputation for being noble, she thought, is more confining than to be known as a wit. On the rare… — Libbie Block Copy Share Image
Here's a message to all the employers out there reading this: if a comedian comes to you having given up comedy and… — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
Comedians and jazz musicians have been more comforting and enlightening to me than preachers or politicians or philosophers or poets or painters… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you. So I feel… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I've been in radio, God, twenty years. I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was… — Stephanie Miller Copy Share Image
I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Well, anybody can be a straight man if he hears well. You just have to wait for laughs. A straight man just… — George Burns Copy Share Image
My first films were comedy, 'Murder By Death,' and 'The Cheap Detective.' But now they won't think of me as a comedian.… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
I've seen comedians make people laugh by being either really dark and sad and touching, or really strange and bizarre and creepy.… — Amy Seimetz Copy Share Image
There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Steven Alan Green is ONE funny writer ---- Everything I read of yours makes me laugh and think - Not just the… — Taylor Negron Copy Share Image
I try to stay with it and I try to stay in contact with comedians and just keep comedians in my life… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
A lot of comedy clubs are set up with people sitting at little tables and you have everything from the way they… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
I was definitely prepared for it to be slower, and it has not worked out that way in any shape or form.… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
No matter how you feel, you've got to be able to laugh at yourself. If you can laugh at Donald Trump, then… — Michael Che Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so… — Jake LaMotta Copy Share Image
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