Best Comedians Quotes
204 Comedians quotes by 175 unique authors
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My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.
— Leigh Steinberg
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It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that…
— Harvey Pekar
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Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.
— Sharon Horgan
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I mean, I understand that Scrubs was my big break, but sooner or later you have to move on. I've already directed a movie, which…
— Zach Braff
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Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
— Ben Stiller
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I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.
— Ben E. King
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Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her…
— Tim Conway
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Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.
— Yakov Smirnoff
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I know a lot about Jewish comedians.
— Dana Snyder
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I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but…
— Mary Cheney
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Comedy is something that I'm definitely looking to get into. I had a little taste of it and I do intend on going to classes…
— Ashley Greene
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Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.
— James Lipton
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Architects are the new comedians.
— Simon Doonan
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I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really…
— Robin Ince
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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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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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Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.
— Aubrey Plaza
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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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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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With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.
— 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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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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