Comedian Quote by Michael Showalter Download Open image “In real life, comedians aren't funny.” — Michael Showalter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Comedians Funny Life Real Real life
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 Copy Share Image
That's the thing that most people don't realize. In real life, comedians aren't funny. They save it. They save it up. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh. — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy. — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
“Comedians aren't funny, because comedians try to be funny, and people who try to be funny aren't funny.” — Anonymous Blog Post Copy Share Image
There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
comedians are people who say funny things, and comics are people who say things funny. — Staton Rabin Copy Share Image
Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I wrote five pages a day, which seemed very doable, I would have an 1,800-page first draft when the deadline… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I know more about sports than I know about any other subject, unfortunately. I'm embarrassed to admit that. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
Will Ferrell is probably the funniest comic actor, certainly of my generation. I am a huge, huge Will Ferrell fan. I'm not a huge… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I just made a movie. There's a kind of a banter that some people might recognize as being screwball. There are no cell phones,… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world. They have no concept… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
“Like I could take a nap at 4:15 p.m. and then I'll wake up twenty minutes later and have absolutely no clue where I… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
The only Train song I like is the one that I play in my act "Drops Of Jupiter". Sheryl Crow has three or four… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls, Wicked, you… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image