Bites Quote by Tracy Morgan

Having live musicians in a comedy show adds a frisson.

— Alex Horne

When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a…

— Cedric the Entertainer

Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is…

— Gabriel Iglesias

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

— William Hurt

Some comedians will tour and do these classic bits all the time. But now with YouTube and Comedy Central, people see your stuff, and…

— Aziz Ansari

With moviemaking, the audience always has to keep asking, 'What happens next?' If you have the wrong piece of music over a scene, people…

— Josh Fox

Anybody with a sharp brain and a mic can become a comedian, but there's a need to move beyond it. The audience wants to…

— Vir Das

Comedy gigs are there because you are all in acceptance that the world is not the way it should be. You have to give…

— Jon Richardson

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

— Bob Newhart

As an actor, I always think that if someone does pick up a phone during a performance, something dire must be happening in their…

— Annaleigh Ashford

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

— Tom Conti

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