Comedian Quotes · Page 26

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a…

— Albert Brooks

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

— Jack Dee

I think for any comedian to come and get big laughs from a really tough, discerning, comedy-literate audience, it is the biggest…

— Omid Djalili

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's…

— Jerry Seinfeld

Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment

— Betty White

All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an…

— Jimmy Carr

But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have…

— Jay Mohr

Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

— Anonymous

I have never bought into this view that some people have that the job of the comedian is to espouse opinions and…

— Josh Widdicombe

When you put comedy in the room it's supposed to be in, you start learning it's a process. Not everything is a…

— Wyatt Cenac

I feel really trapped as a comedian - someone who is supposed to be funny and light, making jokes all the time.…

— Whitney Cummings

If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's…

— Betty White

I'm a lot smarter and thoughtful of a comedian. This market is different than it was. You don't have to have cable…

— Joe Torry

I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and…

— Denise Duhamel

When you deal with a comedian who has a specific act, you can't hold 'em back. You got to work with 'em,…

— Pauly Shore

I just really remember the feeling of being a younger comedian who was kind of an outlier for being experimental and weird…

— Chris Gethard

I always say that comedians and actors were all kind of shy when they were young. I was very, believe it or…

— Don Rickles

I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all…

— Bill Burr

It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices,…

— John Leguizamo

I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university…

— Jim Jefferies

I think comedy is difficult, and I'm amazed so many people want to do it. I'll be buying jeans and somebody will…

— Billy Connolly

Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard,…

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus

“At some point, I figured that it would be more effective and far funnier to embrace the ugliest, most terrifying things in…

— Sarah Silverman

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors,…

— Ben Stiller

I've often thought I'm a short music hall comedian stuck in a leading man's body.

— Roger Rees

My mother, Barbara, was a dancer from the age of 14 to 19. She toured with the comedian Max Wall in a…

— Toyah Willcox

Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast.

— George Carlin

You don't know that you're not a solo artist or standup comedian or drag cabaret artist until you try it.

— Jinkx Monsoon

For some reason I get advertised when I travel as a political comedian, which I'm not. Sometimes I talk about it and…

— Janeane Garofalo

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

— Chris Rock

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

— Eddie Izzard

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

— Margaret Cho

Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

— David Walliams

There aren't many opportunities to be a comedian on TV anymore, it's a lot of panel shows. You don't get much stand-up.

— Richard Herring

I personally have no interest in being a star or a celebrity. I want my stand-up comedy and how I think as…

— Jim Gaffigan

Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you.

— Jim Gaffigan

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

— Alan Rudolph

I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.

— Josh Gad

If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I…

— Kage Baker