Comedians Quotes · Page 5

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

— Bob Newhart

I like LA because it has a giant supply of great comedians.

— Joe Rogan

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.

— Jonathan Krisel

What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.

— Chris Gethard

Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world.

— Trevor Noah

When I started, there was no comedy community, no comedy industry; there were comedians.

— Robert Klein

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.

— Yakov Smirnoff

comedians are people who say funny things, and comics are people who say things funny.

— Staton Rabin

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

— Groucho Marx

The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held…

— Dominic Holland

“I don’t think being a comedian gives you any fucking insight into what makes people laugh.”

— craig ferguson

I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that…

— Mike Birbiglia

It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end…

— Larry Wilmore

Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a…

— Keke Palmer

It often seems that, for whatever strange reasons, comedians, in addition to their formal performances, have more comic experiences in real life…

— Steve Allen

I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians,…

— Rita Rudner

Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is…

— Nina Conti

Women don't want to exchange places with men. Male chauvinists, science-fiction writers and comedians may favor that idea for its shock value,…

— Gloria Steinem

Trinity Taylor and Ginger Minj both went on one of these big roast tours where the comedians all make fun of each…

— Bob the Drag Queen

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind…

— Barry Humphries

Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny…

— Jane Levy

A bunch of comedians have gotten in 'trouble' for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out…

— Craig Robinson

I'd been acting and doing stand-up in New York about eight years, getting rejected, and I finally got the opportunity to do…

— Jim Gaffigan

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

— Bob Newhart

When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.

— Mike Birbiglia

I love comedy, and I love listening to comedians talk.

— Sam Darnold

Most comedians are borderline psychotic. It's what makes their work interesting.

— Julian Barratt

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

— Whitney Cummings

I've never felt any sense of kinship with other comedians; they've always seemed too needy.

— Frankie Boyle

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

— Cole Sprouse

“A comedian is better than a politician; at least there is no doubt.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Jake Kasdan

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

— Franklyn Ajaye

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

— Chris Rock

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Comedians are the one who have to tell the emperor he has no clothes on.

— Chris Rock

I've always felt so unconnected to other comedians.

— Michael McIntyre

Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

— David Steinberg

It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.

— Brad Williams