Knife Quote by Michael McIntyre

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

— Margaret Cho

People look upon me primarily as a comedian. I'm trying to get away from that, though I do like comedy.

— Fred MacMurray

I do make a concscious effort to be genuine among other comedians. If I write something or try something that doesn't feel like me,…

— Brent Weinbach

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

— Tim Minchin

As a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this unquenchable need…

— Mike Birbiglia

I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but…

— Cecilia Bartoli

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be…

— Tatiana Maslany

I am a comedian. My brain is critical - it's overthinking - but you can find ways to turn it down and realize that's…

— Pete Holmes

I don't know if people really care about my opinion on things or how I come up with things, and maybe that's an insecurity…

— Nick Thune

For me and most of my friends who are comedians, if you've been doing comedy for a while, your tolerance for things actually moves.…

— Demetri Martin

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

The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But I also…

— Jenny Slate