Comedian Quotes · Page 65

Nobody really wants to be a stand-up, they want to get on TV.

— Chris Rock

In 2006, I left my job in sales and marketing to go full-time as a comedian, and I started off doing panto…

— John Bishop

Jay Wexler is my kind of writer--a weird one, and a wry one, and one who isnt afraid to act silly in…

— Ron Currie Jr

I think there is more comedians now than ever, more venues now than ever. There are stand-ups who live in towns where…

— Joe Rogan

I wanted to be a comedian. I wanted to meet waitresses and felt that being a comedian was my best way to…

— Dana Gould

I've found, across the board, that comedians have been very respectful and kind to me. And that seems to stem from the…

— Bo Burnham

Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).

— Eddie Izzard

Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny.…

— Jon Lovitz

I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of…

— Octavia Spencer

I consider myself a bit of a comedian. I write a lot of humorous songs.

— Brad Paisley

A lot of comedy clubs are set up with people sitting at little tables and you have everything from the way they…

— John Mulaney

I knew nothing about professional comedians when I became a comedian. I was a rabbi. So I had no professional comedians to…

— Jackie Mason

I don't think comedians take advantage of the fact that television and film are visual mediums.

— Eric Andre

There are few lonelier sights than a good comedian being funny in a movie that doesn't know what funny is.

— Roger Ebert

I'm a Sit Down Stand Up Comedian, whatever the hell that is. Maybe a writer with a short attention span and one…

— Rock Cowles