Comedian Quote by Missy Elliot

I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now

— Bob Monkhouse

Everyone, everywhere, and all the time, used to laugh at me when I was growing up. So, when I was around 18, I thought,…

— Emo Philips

I'm not a comedian, but I do make people laugh. I'm good at it.

— Miriam Margolyes

I always tried to make people laugh. I attribute that to - I come from a family of divorce. It was a way to…

— Lake Bell

When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny;…

— Michael Keaton

I think the reason I became funny was because if I made people laugh, they would let me keep talking.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I didn't want to be a comedian. I was just funny. I jumped on stage and found out I was good at it.

— Eddie Griffin

People are amazed that I do comedy. I always did comedy.

— Sigourney Weaver

Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.

— Ben Miller

Whatever I did, I always gravitated toward trying to be funny. If I was with friends, we were joking around. If I wrote for…

— Colin Jost

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

— Carrot Top

I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I…

— Don Rickles