Angry Quote by Kunal Nayyar

A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person…

— Stephen Merchant

Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way, and once…

— Chris Rock

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

— Marilyn Manson

Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what…

— Dick Cavett

I love standup comedians. I really do.

— Jim Gaffigan

Really good comedians, you know, when they go on stage, they don't really care what the audience - they're fearless, you know? They're so…

— Aziz Ansari

Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of…

— Ted Alexandro

To me, the best comedians are the ones that take everyday, normal, boring stuff that no one thinks is funny, and they make it…

— Blake Griffin

What I love about comedians is their instinct is always to go against the grain. Their whole existence is pointing out the elephant in…

— Colin Quinn

I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they…

— Ted Alexandro

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them.…

— Louis C. K

I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing, they know…

— Chuck Palahniuk