Comedian Quote by Andrew Mayne

When I'm traveling a lot the flight attendants will ask what I do and if I say I'm a magician then I have to…

— Justin Willman

I was considered a comedy magician. And - how do I put this without sounding egotistical? - it didn't take me long to realize…

— Ricky Jay

I never quite know how to describe what I do. I normally just say, 'Oh, I'm a magician', which probably puts fairly naff ideas…

— Derren Brown

If I want to be a real comedian, I can't let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material.

— Charlie Murphy

Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse…

— Marco Tempest

I was inspired by people telling me I should be a comedian. I tried it and had a really good first set, so I…

— Nikki Glaser

Magicians start by looking for blind spots, edges, vulnerabilities and limits of people's perception, so they can influence what people do without them even…

— Tristan Harris

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician…

— Ricky Jay

I am a comedian. I do feel I have to put my experience on a public stage. As an artist, that's what I do.…

— David Baddiel

You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With…

— Criss Angel

A lot of the kind of comedy that I do comes out of real human moments. For them to work, they have to be…

— Brian Regan

My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can see it,…

— Josh Gondelman