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204 Comedians quotes by 175 unique authors
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Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.
— Les Claypool
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When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.
— Mike Birbiglia
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You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24.
— Mike Birbiglia
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My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go.
— Stephen Merchant
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Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they…
— Keke Palmer
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I like seeing comedians do stuff that I could never do.
— Josh Thomas
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Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of…
— Dick Cavett
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I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.
— Kyle Dunnigan
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Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.
— Paul Mooney
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Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.
— Tommy Chong
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For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results.
— Bob Newhart
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Comedians are innately programmed to pick up oddities like mispronounced words, upside-down books on a shelf, and generally undetectable mistakes in everyday life.
— Bob Newhart
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I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and…
— Bobby Lee
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A lot of comedians are selfish.
— J. B. Smoove
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Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main part…
— Norman Wisdom
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I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing with a dark…
— Kevin Hart
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Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them.
— Unknown Author
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From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger…
— Robin Williams
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Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.
— Kevin Hart
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As comedians, we are all laughing because life is so horrible. Life is so difficult, and I cope with it by making jokes about absolutely…
— Joan Rivers
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All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic…
— Casey Wilson
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In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.
— Ed O'Neill
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All great comedians make me laugh, but people make me laugh more.
— Louie Anderson
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The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do more damage than…
— Michael Moriarty
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When I started, there was no comedy community, no comedy industry; there were comedians.
— Robert Klein
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