Comedian Quotes · Page 18

Comedy is quite hard and it takes like a decade to figure out what kind of comedian you are, so don't quit.

— Rose Matafeo

I am a comedian. My brain is critical - it's overthinking - but you can find ways to turn it down and…

— Pete Holmes

When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's…

— Jeff Ross

I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor.

— Patrick Huard

You know, as a comedian, that's what you do. You speak truth to power by making people laugh.

— Sarah Cooper

“Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.”

— Louis C.K

Cat food. It stinks a bit, but if you don't put up with the smell, the little kitten will die.

— Karl Pilkington

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I…

— Laura Benanti

But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people,…

— Jimmy Carr

I go out with my mates and after a drink they'll ask, 'How are you a comedian? You're not the funniest among…

— John Bishop

Music is very similar to comedy: It's all about texture, timing, context, vocabulary, performance. When someone's onstage doing a solo, essentially it's…

— Reggie Watts

I was influenced by a lot of stand-up comedians... Eddie Murphy back when he was doing 'Raw.' I watched that so many…

— Ray William Johnson

You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for…

— Franklyn Ajaye

Comedy is like a very cokey, druggy sugar. You get hits of comedy, and it's very, "More, give me more of that…

— Eddie Izzard

I think that comedians, more than any other type of celebrity, have to keep their humour and keep their feet on the…

— Jimmy Carr

I try to be careful not to put the cart before the horse. I try not to create comedy for other comedians…

— Brian Regan

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

— Hasan Minhaj

I was the dude you didn't wanna go to school with, because I would come to school and get on your shoes.…

— Charlie Murphy

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

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

— Brad Williams

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

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

— Sandra Cisneros

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

I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at…

— Bo Burnham

When a comedian can turn hero and has the will power to work out for a six pack, he can easily fit…

— Tanikella Bharani

I'm a dirty, filthy animal and I'm a dirty comedian, but I got a lot of charisma and charm.

— Ralphie May

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

— Rachel Dratch

I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.

— Robert Klein

The role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form.

— Bill Hicks

A stand-up comedian will never be the life of a party. Instead, he will be the guy who is standing at a…

— Vir Das

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

— Eric Andre

I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

— Michael Gambon

For a comedian to kind of catch onto something right as something's catching on in our culture, a lot of it is…

— Jim Gaffigan

Every barbershop has a guy who wrecks shop every time he comes in. He has the whole barbershop laughing. That doesn't mean…

— Charlie Murphy

[Twitter] is not totally where I go anymore to sell myself as a concept, as a comedian, because it moves too fast.

— Jen Kirkman

British comedian Imran Yusuf is fantastic and so is Shazia Mirza, also London-based.

— Varun Grover

Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy.

— Aziz Ansari

Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does…

— Taron Egerton

From the very beginning I knew I had to be a comedian, and thus preferred being one.

— M. S. Narayana