Comedian Quote by Sacha Baron Cohen Download Open image “Jews have a tendency to become comedians.” — Sacha Baron Cohen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Jew Judaism Tendencies
I'm not a big believer in the sense of Jews having a monopoly on comedy. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish? — Paul Lynde Copy Share Image
Jewish comedians do the best Jewish jokes, and anyone else doing that, they don't have a right to, because they're not coming from that… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know.… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
One of the great things about us Jews is that we tell the best jokes. Part of the reason is we tell jokes against… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too. — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Jewish introspection and Jewish humor is a way of surviving . . . if you're not handsome and you're not athletic and you're not… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
The greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third Reich, Ian Kershaw. And his quote was, 'The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.' I know it's not very funny being a comedian talking about the Holocaust, but I think it's an interesting idea that not everyone in Germany… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share
Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous, larger-than-life characters… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
I think in all small towns, all kind of working class communities around the world. They are kind of similar. — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet. — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
I think you can be politically incorrect, but there's some responsibility with that. You've got to make sure that you are not condoning or bolstering any racial or other stereotypes. You've got to be free to make jokes, but just make sure...you don't want to go and black face somewhere to just prove a point. If it's insulting and offensive… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share
For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like. — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
I have been incredibly fortunate to be able to work with good directors and for me it's not really a plan each time I'm… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that. — Sacha Baron Cohen 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. The Book of Woe is a profound, and profoundly entertaining, riff on malady, power, and truth. This book is for those of us (i.e. all of us) who've ever wondered what it means, and what's at… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share
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