Drag Quote by Steve Harvey

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

— Bill Burr

The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on…

— Mel Brooks

Few comedians can go to their shows and have people yell out bits that they want to hear. It's like going to see your…

— Anjelah Johnson

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

A lot of comedians get a bad rep once they have kids and that's all they talk about, and people are like, 'I don't…

— Tig Notaro

The audience loves when the comedian talks to them. You're creating inside jokes, which creates a community.

— Wendy Liebman

A lot of times, people will have after-parties or try and host an event for comedians, and they misunderstand us. They think it should…

— Tig Notaro

Every comedian feels out an audience. As you're telling jokes, if they're not laughing at this, you change the subject.

— Jackie Mason

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

— Aziz Ansari

I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.

— Judd Apatow

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder…

— Jimmy Carr

Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.

— Jeff Garlin