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I have a lot of respect for actors who do comedy. They do it naturally.

— Mahira Khan

I've found, across the board, that comedians have been very respectful and kind to me. And that seems to stem from the fact that…

— Bo Burnham

The people I respect the most are my peers, my fellow comedians. I want their respect. It's my whole life.

— Sal Vulcano

I feel like comedy is only respected on the highest level, and on every other level, it's like a joke, like, 'Ugh - comedian,'…

— Michael Che

I'm not a comedian, I'm not a stand-up and I don't come from a comedy background. I am an actor, but I've had a…

— Darren Boyd

I have a very high respect for professional comedians. What they do astonishes me. You have to be really smart and absorb everything, repackage…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers…

— Florenz Ziegfeld

A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person…

— Stephen Merchant

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

I have never ever hung out with actors and comedians. I can't stand it.

— Keith Allen

I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has…

— Octavia Spencer

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