Allowed Quote by Lauren Ash

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

— Anonymous

There's a real freedom in being involved in a comedy. You can lean into the silliness of who we are as people.

— Harris Dickinson

Comedians are great at laughing at themselves, we really are. We mock everyone else and we can take it as well.

— Paul Whitehouse

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

— Bob Newhart

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

— Maria Bamford

“We can’t all be comedians, some people have to do the laughing.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Comedians are therapists. People honestly think we're doing it for ourselves. No. If we wanted to do stand-up for ourselves, we would perform in…

— J. B. Smoove

All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure of accidents,…

— William Saroyan

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check…

— Sarah Silverman

Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us…

— Paul Goodman

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human…

— Stephen Mangan

Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We…

— Alan King