Comedian Quotes · Page 47

I love the buzz of doing live. I am a stand-up comedian and so I am not scared of live.

— Alan Carr

I'm not a natural comedian.

— Helen Baxendale

My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there.

— Ron Richards

As we go from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Mitt Romney, I now understand why the Republicans don't believe in evolution.

— Andy Borowitz

The worst thing that can happen to a comedian is to do a documentary on your life and you're watching it with…

— David Steinberg

“Was man liebt, betoniert man nicht.”

— Gerhard Polt

I was immediately into all the great movie comedians - Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder. Everything those guys had…

— Doug Benson

If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is…

— Viola Davis

Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I…

— Mike Birbiglia

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

— Eddie Murphy

If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

— Judd Apatow

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.

— Neil Simon

No one who hired Siegfried & Roy was shocked when they brought a tiger onstage. So you shouldn't be shocked if you…

— Adam Conover

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

— Moe Howard

You can't expect everyone to laugh or applaud you for doing edgy things. Sometimes you'll miss. But I think comedians are artists…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or…

— Al Franken

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

— Dave Chappelle

When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't.

— Louis C. K

If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our…

— Anonymous

The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke.…

— Robin Williams

I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not.…

— Mindy Kaling

I'm a comedian, and I like to work on my live show, and if I'm doing television, I don't have time to…

— Ron White

I classify myself as a comedian, but I'm one of those comedians who also acts so that I can split the difference…

— Chris Gethard

I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say my mom. Apart from the fact that she's my mother, she's a brilliant comedian…

— Kate Hudson

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

— Mitch Hedberg