Becoming Quote by Patton Oswalt

It's funny how comedy is, you look at people like French and Saunders, when they started out they were very alternative. A lot of…

— Peter Kay

Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other…

— Aziz Ansari

A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main…

— Gabriel Iglesias

In comedy you feel you need to go back to the theatre every now and again, you feel you need to go back to…

— Mathew Baynton

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

— Kumail Nanjiani

People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with…

— Eugene Mirman

It often seems that, for whatever strange reasons, comedians, in addition to their formal performances, have more comic experiences in real life than other…

— Steve Allen

I have to say that my background in comedy, of performing live, has been such a great foundation for what we do now on…

— Lauren Ash

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

— Chris Rock

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

Comedy is able to point out things in ways that more serious people cannot.

— Randy Rainbow

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