--- title: "9 Like Comedian Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Like Comedian quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Like Comedian sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/ted-alexandro-11537_audience_ultimately-an-audience-wants-to-laugh-th_587161.png" --- > [Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-alexandro/ultimately-an-audience-wants-to-laugh-that-s-who-they-like-the/) [Ted Alexandro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-alexandro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/ted-alexandro-11537_audience_ultimately-an-audience-wants-to-laugh-th_587161.png) > [I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-carey/i-wanted-to-do-a-show-based-on-what-my-life-would-be-like-if-i-had/) [Drew Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/drew-carey-2550_comedian_i-wanted-to-do-a-show-based-on-what-my-l_1525331.jpg) > [Like every comedian, if I heard a joke that I thought would work, I used it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-berle/like-every-comedian-if-i-heard-a-joke-that-i-thought-would-work-i/) [Milton Berle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-berle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/milton-berle-3246_comedian_like-every-comedian-if-i-heard-a-joke-th_73613.png) > [When I think of myself, I'm definitely... I'm not like a comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-franco/when-i-think-of-myself-i-m-definitely-i-m-not-like-a-comedian/) [Dave Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-franco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/dave-franco-10502_comedian_when-i-think-of-myself-i-m-definitely-i_369458.jpg) > [If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-norton/if-someone-doesn-t-like-a-comedian-that-s-fine-a-lot-of-people/) [Jim Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/jim-norton-2848_comedian_if-someone-doesn-t-like-a-comedian-that_25569.jpg) > [That's what it's like to be a comedian. You basically stand and stare at the world and hope it craps out cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/that-s-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-comedian-you-basically-stand-and-stare/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/jon-stewart-455_causes_that-s-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-comedian-y_2191733.jpg) > [I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-labute/i-think-the-more-the-actor-lets-you-know-what-he-thinks-of-the/) [Neil LaBute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-labute/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/neil-labute-12335_actors_i-think-the-more-the-actor-lets-you-know_1738094.jpg) > [I made sure that instead of people making fun of me, like every comedian probably says, I made fun of myself first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-coupe/i-made-sure-that-instead-of-people-making-fun-of-me-like-every/) [Eliza Coupe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-coupe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/eliza-coupe-19553_attention_i-made-sure-that-instead-of-people-makin_603203.jpg) > [I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-rickles/i-ve-never-been-able-to-tell-jokes-in-the-beginning-of-my-career-i/) [Don Rickles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-rickles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/don-rickles-1705_able_i-ve-never-been-able-to-tell-jokes-in-th_1052887.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-comedian/#itemlist", "name": "Like Comedian Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. 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You basically stand and stare at the world and hope it craps out cause that's a good year for you. So that's not a pleasant feeling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Stewart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/that-s-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-comedian-you-basically-stand-and-stare/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/jon-stewart-455_causes_that-s-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-comedian-y_2191733.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/jon-stewart-455_causes_that-s-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-comedian-y_2191733.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/jon-stewart-455_causes_that-s-what-it-s-like-to-be-a-comedian-y_2191733.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's what it's like to be a comedian. 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I was pretty brutally picked on for a while growing up. It was always the really pretty girls, the hot girls and then there was me. 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