Best Comedian Lines
484 Comedian quotes by 324 unique authors
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Jay Wexler is my kind of writer--a weird one, and a wry one, and one who isnt afraid to act silly in a sort of…
— Ron Currie Jr.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
— Don Rickles
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To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
— Don Rickles
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I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have…
— Maya Rudolph
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Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make…
— Mike Birbiglia
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It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.
— John Oliver
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Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.
— Aubrey Plaza
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I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.
— Dane Cook
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Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line.…
— Russell Brand
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All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a…
— Jimmy Carr
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The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.
— John Krasinski
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I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and…
— Gabriel Iglesias
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
— Gabriel Iglesias
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I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is…
— Christopher Guest
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When I think of myself, I'm definitely... I'm not like a comedian.
— Dave Franco
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Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.
— David Walliams
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As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.
— Judah Friedlander
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With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.
— Colin Quinn
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That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.
— Colin Quinn
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I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians…
— Amy Poehler
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A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.
— Piero Scaruffi
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I thought comedians had to have black on their faces or red beards.
— Dorothy Gish
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I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny…
— Lydia Lunch
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Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek…
— Florenz Ziegfeld
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They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2…
— Mike Judge
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