Be nice Quote by Sean Lock

In Britain, we haven't got enough money to make these long-running shows. We always do little mini ones. You have more control as an…

— Ruth Wilson

Every comic is taught that you're supposed to have a great seven-minute set and then get a sitcom. And I don't want to get…

— Ali Wong

The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from.

— June Whitfield

I'm like an actor who obnoxiously says he doesn't watch his own TV show. It is extremely rare for me to read my own…

— Christopher Priest

That's the thing about TV: it gives you so much time to tell your story; it's comparable to comics.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The most frustrating part of working in TV and film is that you have to convince someone to let you make what you want;…

— Paul Scheer

It's much harder to have a BBC One sitcom than to have a tour of stand-up.

— Lee Mack

What we're increasingly seeing is comics are becoming better known across the world. They're recording shows wherever they are, then putting them online for…

— Romesh Ranganathan

Any comic can get on the radio show and be funny. You can get that on any morning radio show or afternoon radio show.…

— Marc Maron

Being a stand-up comic, this isn't a stepping-stone for me; it's what I do, and this is what I'm always going to do. And…

— Bill Burr

I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to…

— Marc Maron

So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy,…

— Sam Kinison