Career Quote by Jerry Seinfeld

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

Being a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it.

— Franklyn Ajaye

I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby.

— David Rees

You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get…

— Bill Burr

My job as a comedian is to heighten awareness about locally grown produce, fight factory farming, and promote euthanasia, but in a funny way.

— Dov Davidoff

I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted houses, I…

— Ellen DeGeneres

Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out…

— Greg Behrendt

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.

— Russell Crowe

The best thing about being a comedian is that, unlike the other jobs I've had, none of the bad things seem to matter because…

— Jon Richardson

This profession, I don't know why, you're supposed to be so serious and just be so proper.

— Lane Kiffin

My parents are very practical people and they told me, 'If this comedy thing is an actual career and a job that you want,…

— Ayo Edebiri

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