Comedian Quotes · Page 20

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really…

— Taylor Momsen

Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

— Ted Alexandro

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a…

— Larry David

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

— Jackie Mason

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

— Shelley Berman

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

— Jim Gaffigan

Gilbert Gottfried, I think, is just the most underappreciated comedian in the world. I think that he doesn't get enough credit for…

— Brett Gelman

That's how to make a stand-up comedian: You take a person who is uncomfortable and try to squirrel their way out of…

— W. Kamau Bell

Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion…

— Steven Wright

The real focus at first is to just become a good stand-up comedian, and then when you get to a certain level,…

— Jon Stewart

It was a bizarre existence I led in my early twenties - that cliche of the comedian who goes out and entertains…

— Paul Merton

If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I…

— Jim Norton

A lot of stand-up is talking about your perspective in the world and your experiences in life. And I think it takes…

— Rose Matafeo

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling…

— Sandra Bernhard

I think British humour is very cruel, and gay humour is very cruel. I think the two go hand-in-hand and that's why…

— Jason Sellards

The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and…

— Denis Norden

I loved working in stand-up, and I always dreamed that I could make a movie about it. I didn't know if I…

— Judd Apatow

I mean, I understand that Scrubs was my big break, but sooner or later you have to move on. I've already directed…

— Zach Braff

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it…

— Steve Buscemi

There's a reason I'm a stand-up comedian. I think there may be some laziness inherent in that job. It's the four-hour work…

— Maria Bamford

When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And…

— Rachel Bloom

There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a…

— Jim Gaffigan

When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from…

— George Carlin

When you're 17 years old, you have no idea who you are as a person, so there's no way you can be…

— Dana Gould

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

— Mitch Hedberg

I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

— Felipe Esparza

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor.

— Stephen Colbert

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

— Drew Carey

There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.

— Samantha Bee

I always wanted to be a stand-up comedian, even as a kid. Me and my dad would watch 'Evening at the Improv'…

— Adam DeVine

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

— Kevin Nealon

You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in…

— Chris Rock

If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.

— Linda Blair

Everyone goes "every comedian does Arnold Schwarzenegger". Yes, they do; but do they do Arnold Schwarzenegger in Brokeback Mountain?

— Pablo Francisco

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

— Jeff Dunham

If Mandela were a comedian, I bet he would never get mad at a heckler, he'd give him or her a hug.

— Godfrey

It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat.

— Kingsley Amis

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

— Jack Dee

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people…

— Conan O'Brien

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh.

— Carlos Mencia