Comedians Quotes · Page 3

I have some friends who are comedians but not many.

— Frankie Boyle

Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.

— Paul Mooney

I thought comedians had to have black on their faces or red beards.

— Dorothy Gish

If you watch the arcs of so many comedians, at some point, they just become themselves.

— Judd Apatow

You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24.

— Mike Birbiglia

I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.

— Kyle Dunnigan

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.

— Michael Showalter

I haven't met a comedian who is judgemental of other comedians.

— John Bishop

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take…

— Les Claypool

I work with quite a lot of black comedians and I don't think they think doing accents is racist at all.

— Paul Whitehouse

It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.

— Hank Azaria

I think the fundamental issue with comedians is everyone wants to be a famous comedian. That's a really difficult thing to achieve…

— Andrew Santino

I sort of as a kid was fascinated with all the fat comedians, like John Candy, John Belushi, Benny Hill.

— Will Sasso

I really will never understand pushing back on comedians who are like, "I'm like a politician campaigning and shaking hands with these…

— Jen Kirkman

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like…

— Tracy Morgan

I think that's what comedians do: We're funny in the moment. We're just so self-reflective and narcissistic.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved…

— Steve Martin

You can see that the successful comedians who have come from New Zealand, like Flight of the Conchords, they had the time…

— Rose Matafeo

I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate…

— Kevin Hart

Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of -…

— Russell Peters

Stand-up comedians know how to walk into a room, even if you're not performing, just read the temperature of a room, and…

— W. Kamau Bell

There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are…

— Chris Rock

I've seen comedians make people laugh by being either really dark and sad and touching, or really strange and bizarre and creepy.…

— Amy Seimetz

When I was studying comedy in Chicago, it wasn't long after 9/11. There were a lot Middle Eastern comedians who were doing…

— Kumail Nanjiani

“All men are comedians, except maybe some actors.”

— Sacha Guitry

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.

— Shelley Berman

The comedians I always loved and respected the most were always filthy degenerates.

— Ralphie May

Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.

— Aubrey Plaza

I've been around comedians that try their bits around you. I hate that.

— Jim Breuer

Comedians are not well people. Well people are not drawn to creating.

— Julian Barratt

Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.

— Carl Reiner

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

— Colin Quinn

Comedians on the stage are invariably suicidal when they get home.

— Elsa Lanchester

It's odd because some actors are very scared of comedians.

— Robert Webb

All great comedians make me laugh, but people make me laugh more.

— Louie Anderson

Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

— Kevin Hart

As comedians, we work our whole lives hoping for a break.

— Nigel Ng

Normal people don't become stand-up comedians.

— Jimmy O. Yang

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

— Anonymous

We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'

— Julian Barratt