Comedians Quotes · Page 4

We're improv comedians, we're not necessarily actors, we don't come across that way.

— Joe Gatto

I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.

— Mike Birbiglia

I have never ever hung out with actors and comedians. I can't stand it.

— Keith Allen

Thou shalt not steal-only from other comedians.

— W. C. Fields

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

— Jimmy Wales

If laughter is the best medicine, why don't we make appointments with comedians?

— Chinier Bennett

I am shocked that both the Congress and SAD make fun of comedians.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

“98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do it thoughtfully. I don't…

— Jeff Ross

I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort…

— Patton Oswalt

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

— Chris Rock

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

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S.…

— John Oliver

There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.

— Elayne Boosler

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool…

— Ian Rush

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

— Larry King

When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke…

— Jasper Carrott

You have comedians who just do jokes, and they're called comics, not comedians. You have comedians that do bits - a person…

— Charlie Murphy

My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being…

— Pauly Shore

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic…

— Todd Barry

When something really affects you, it's hard to find the humor in it sometimes. There's are a lot of reasons why there…

— Sarah Cooper

I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren't many female comedians. When I went to a dancing audition, there were…

— Rita Rudner

At the same time, we can't blame comedians for taking time to learn. Any critic of comedy who believes that he has…

— Guy Branum

The key is that I'm always relevant. Some of these comedians have nothing to say. They don't have any ideas so it's…

— Jackie Mason

The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.

— Allen Toussaint

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.

— Will Ferrell

I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy.

— Roberto Benigni

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

— Jim Gaffigan

Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.

— Sally Phillips

Comedians are always narrating the story of the people. Always.

— Baron Vaughn

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

— Ben E. King

Can you relate? ever looked at your bestfriend and thought why aren't we comedians?

— Anonymous

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.

— Artie Lange

I'd like to be remembered as good person and as one of the best comedians of my generation.

— Hannibal Buress

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

— Paula Danziger

Eddie Murphy is to comedians what Nicki Minaj is to Spanx.

— Chris Rock

I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation.

— Franklyn Ajaye

“We can’t all be comedians, some people have to do the laughing.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them.

— Jake Kasdan

Oftentimes, the funniest comedians are people who've gone through personal torment.

— Cole Sprouse