Comedian Quotes · Page 43

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a…

— Jimmy Carr

Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way.…

— Scott Aukerman

Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could…

— Jim Jefferies

If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is…

— Viola Davis

Luckily, I'm not a stand-up comedian, so I don't get the fear of standing on stage in front of a dead audience:…

— Charles Stross

Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country,…

— Scott Thompson

After we'd filmed one series of 'Kiss Me Kate,' everyone was saying: 'The guy's got great comic timing,' - that was the…

— Darren Boyd

Male comics are always coming up to me and they're like 'Hey Natasha. Don't you think you're a little attractive to be…

— Natasha Leggero

I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And…

— Vir Das

Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian,…

— Bob Newhart

I want to be a little more dramatic nowadays. I definitely want something big and funny, but I look for things that…

— Cedric the Entertainer

All comedy does that. Every comedian I can think of - Larry David, Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Chris Rock - that's where the…

— Bryan Fogel

There's no reason to be doing comedy during the day in a hot tent. I don't know why anyone thinks it's a…

— Janeane Garofalo

There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that.…

— Sean Lock

I don't want to follow comedians because I don't want to see what they're thinking about, 'cause then maybe I won't stumble…

— Nick Thune

A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about…

— Barry Crimmins

Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,…

— Dick Cavett

I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and…

— J. B. Smoove

I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called…

— Anonymous

I never thought I'd be a comedian. But, growing up, I simply loved watching comedy. The '80s was huge for comedy in…

— Arj Barker

I just had a throwaway part, really, if you think about it. I'm not a natural actor, you know? I'm a comedian,…

— Louie Anderson

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able…

— Bo Burnham

I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the…

— Mindy Kaling

What you have to do as a comedian, that I suppose is quite difficult, is you have to end it. All the…

— John Bishop

There are words that I wouldn't say because they hurt people's feelings. I just happen to be a white guy who writes…

— Neal Brennan

I'm not a comedian. I don't do stand-up. I don't tell jokes. I'm a comedic actor, and approach my work that way.…

— Eugene Levy

I wouldn't want to go see a comedian if he was using the same jokes. So I'm not going out there trying…

— Matt Sydal

I'm a comedian and there are a lot of things I'm still learning. I love one liners because I love smart jokes.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people…

— Rhys Darby

I was booked into the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas with three other comedians. We all were using the Riviera in-house shampoo,…

— Mitch Hedberg

Physics is very muddled again at the moment; it is much too hard for me anyway, and I wish I were a…

— Wolfgang Pauli

I'm a comedian. I make comic films and there are certain ideas that occur to me that are comic, with heavy, serious…

— Woody Allen

I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

As a comedian, you're making so many observations, so many measurements. You might catch someone's eyes as you're telling a joke, and…

— Sean Lock

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he…

— Jack Dee

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

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

The danger for a comedian on Twitter is the same danger that any civilian faces: sometimes you gotta put that phone down…

— Rob Delaney

I'm hardly a known name, but I don't want to go, like, 'Oh, people call me a storyteller comedian, let me just…

— Kyle Kinane

As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny.…

— Larry the Cable Guy