Current Quote by Julio Torres

Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark…

— Marc Maron

I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in…

— Jesse Eisenberg

I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was an actor.…

— Aasif Mandvi

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about, and that's really…

— Jon Stewart

I'm not a comedian, I'm not a stand-up and I don't come from a comedy background. I am an actor, but I've had a…

— Darren Boyd

I never let on I was a comedian. I never acted out. It was really important to me, like, to not be Patch Adams.…

— Ken Jeong

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

— Matthew Perry

I kind of became apolitical.

— Ted Waitt

From the very beginning I knew I had to be a comedian, and thus preferred being one.

— M. S. Narayana

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

— Eddie Murphy

I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good…

— Jason Wiles

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that's really…

— Jon Stewart