The most frightening thing about playing Dick Gregory is I've never done stand-up before, and I had to learn how to be… — Joe Morton 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
There's so many variables in comedy. Comedy is not this thing that's a performance like a play. It's really an interaction with… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a comedian, I wanted people to laugh at what I was saying, not to be staring at my… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
If you're billed as a comedian, people will accept anything you say as light-hearted and not with intent behind it. — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I'm honored that other comedians like what I do. That means the world to me. But at the same time when I'm… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
Comedians don`t get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can`t really speak about the Oscar-worthiness… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I never felt like I was stealing anyone's fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I don't come from a comedy background or a stand-up background, but I think that sometimes there's a misconception that an actor… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
I think the role of comedy in your life should supersede anything and everything negative. Just by virtue of the fact that… — DeRay Davis 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
Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute,… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
I feel like comedy is only respected on the highest level, and on every other level, it's like a joke, like, 'Ugh… — Michael Che Copy Share Image
For me personally, being a comedian is having funny ideas and saying them: it's not just saying them. I need the complete… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
Call me a dreamer, but I think it would be great if getting medical attention were as easy as getting a gun. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
By TV standards - I'm not comparing it to manual labor by any means - by TV comedy standards, it is the… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
Everything I do is intended to make people laugh and think. I just think something is funny, it's not hurting anybody, not… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I'm glad that that era of stand-up is over, because I think it adversely affected a lot of people who could have… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
