Comedians Quotes · Page 9

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor.

— Stephen Colbert

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic…

— Matt Lucas

For 'Pariah,' people were surprised Kim Wayans was there, but comedians have a dark streak; they're comedians for a reason.

— Dee Rees

Comedians are great at laughing at themselves, we really are. We mock everyone else and we can take it as well.

— Paul Whitehouse

The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do…

— Michael Moriarty

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

— Tim Minchin

When you hang around a lot of comedians long enough, you realize there's a certain gene, in every comedian. It's why we…

— Chris Hardwick

I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.'

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens.…

— David Baddiel

There's this other world where all comedians want to do is make funny videos. Typically what's happened in the past is that…

— Gavin McInnes

Who's famous anymore? No one. There are these comedians that are famous in a weird way. There are comedians, like Anjelah Johnson…

— Moshe Kasher

I dare say that if most comedians today, the gifted ones, were to sit down and write, they'd learn more about their…

— Mort Sahl

At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone…

— Kate Micucci

All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure…

— William Saroyan

I think the people that most often cross a line are comedians. I think they relish that, and take pride in that…

— Sam Elliott

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

It's up to comedians to shine the light on what's wrong in the world, and we don't want things swept under the…

— Jeff Ross

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 don't think comedians take advantage of the fact that television and film are visual mediums.

— Eric Andre

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

— Michael McIntyre

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

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

— Patton Oswalt

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

— Taylor Tomlinson

Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful…

— Courtney A. Kemp

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

— Will Sasso

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

— Jen Kirkman

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

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

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

— Hank Azaria

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits…

— Natasha Leggero

I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy.

— Pete Holmes

You don't get white comedians being asked to talk about their race in their shows. I should be given the same agency…

— Lolly Adefope

I think it's kind of crazy that we're still calling comedians "female comedians." That seems more like a sneak attack.

— Ilana Glazer

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

— Jerry Seinfeld

I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around…

— Jack Dee

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

— Wanda Sykes