Beauty Quote by Sally Phillips

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.

— Neil Simon

Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what…

— Dick Cavett

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

— Jim Gaffigan

Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.

— Jack Black

I don't think comedians make an active decision to be a certain "persona." Comedians write the way they're going to write.

— Jim Gaffigan

Comedians are not well people. Well people are not drawn to creating.

— Julian Barratt

It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And…

— Rachel Weisz

There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a prevailing conventional…

— Jim Gaffigan

What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then…

— Michael Caine

I think a lot of comedians make the best dramatic actresses because they have a facility. They're very vulnerable. They're very open, like clowns.

— Colman Domingo

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

— Anonymous

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

— Chris Rock