Character Quote by Paul Reubens

I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out…

— Joe Rogan

I`ve not really been angling to be a comedian. I knew comics and I loved them and I loved being funny, but I didn't…

— Mitch Hedberg

When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling stories, so…

— Mike Birbiglia

I think you're a comedian as soon as you start. I don't think there's a moment where you become a full comic.

— Ari Shaffir

I don't think I've ever made any conscious decision to be a comic artist, but to me there's something quite anarchic about comedy.

— David Shrigley

I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

— Sandra Bernhard

I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't…

— Matt Besser

I've always been into stand-up, and I always wanted to be a comic because it was like the dream job as a kid, and…

— Tony Rock

I've been called a funny person, for a long time. I don't know that I know anything about comedic acting. I'm not a good…

— John Cho

I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

— Christopher Meloni

Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or…

— Jim Gaffigan

I'm not a stand-up comedian. I'm not an improv person or anything, but I've always been a fan of that stuff.

— Haley Joel Osment