Because Quote by Jeff Dunham

The magic in performing as an entertaining ventriloquist happens when the characters come to life and the interaction between the separate personalities on stage…

— Jeff Dunham

So many actors are lively-minded, creative people who just tread water in this awful way, waiting for the phone to ring and doing their…

— Nina Conti

Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly.

— Rebecca Miller

A lot of people that are always trying to be funny and "on" and performing are just hiding. It's just a cover for what…

— Manny Montana

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience;…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that…

— Maggie Carey

I think we live in an entertainment world where performers like to flaunt how great they are. The Conchords don't do that. Even when…

— James Bobin

I've always been leery of comical artists because I think oftentimes they're hiding the fact that they're not that talented. For example, with Martin…

— Diego Cortez

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

— Chris Hardwick

A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves,…

— Grace Jones

Audiences and critics they don't like seeing what happens in real life. Why do you think comedies make all the money at the box…

— Channing Tatum