Comedian Quote by Don Rickles Download Open image “It takes many years to be a great comedian.” — Don Rickles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Great Many Takes Years
A comedian's career span is five or 10 years. I am lucky to have worked with so many distinguished actors and their grandsons. — Ali Copy Share Image
I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving. — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
There is a very difficult period in a comedian's career - it's that window of time where you're good enough to draw tickets but… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Never really intended to be a comedian, just sort of fell into that, but always wanted to be in show business, or something to… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
I have always been a comedian - that has always been my job and it is what I want to do for a long… — Iain Stirling Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and… — Chris Diamantopoulos Copy Share Image
There are so many really good comedians, and I would never be as good as they are. It's not my calling. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I don't drink much anymore, but when I traveled with Frank Sinatra, God rest his soul, I used to drink like I could do… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I don't get into politics. I know [Donald] Trump, but I don't follow that. That's just an aside for him when he has nothing… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
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 think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image