Famous Quotes & Sayings

Janeane Garofalo

Sometimes people say I'm a political comedian, which, actually I'm not. I'm a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture - again, the word 'politics' to me is just life.

Jamie Kennedy

I've probably wanted to be a rapper since I was a teenager. I was an actor and comedian and stuff, but I always wanted to rap, it was another outlet.

Aziz Ansari

Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.

Jamie Foxx

I love music. I've always wanted to do music, even when I started out as a comedian.

Carrot Top

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

I don't know why you'd go to a comedian and say, "You know what? You have a large menu of items, but this one thing I did not like and therefore, you should be shut down. You should cease to make a living and you should be thrown out in the streets."

Aubrey Plaza

Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.

Adam Sandler

I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians. Now I usually just do it alone.

Drew Carey

When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.

Doug Stanhope

The Internet has done nothing but good for comedy all around. Comedians no longer have to rely on TV execs and club owners deciding if they are funny or not.

Dick Gregory

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

Dave Allen

Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers.

Anthony Anderson

You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.

Anthony Anderson

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

Simon Pegg

Jewish comedians do the best Jewish jokes, and anyone else doing that, they don't have a right to, because they're not coming from that experience. I know that's a slightly heightened example, but it's the same thing. We're bumpkins, so we can make bumpkin jokes.

Simon Doonan

Architects are the new comedians.

Steve Martin

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

Steve Buscemi

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

Sacha Baron Cohen

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

Tom Green

I considered myself a professional comedian because the club would pay me $20.

Taylor Momsen

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.

Ron White

I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.

Ron White

I'm a comedian, and I like to work on my live show, and if I'm doing television, I don't have time to work on my live show, and I can become a lame comic, and that sucks.

Tom Leykis

There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.

Steve Harvey

Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.

Michael Showalter

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.

Marcus Brigstocke

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

Nick Kroll

Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist.

Peter Baynham

I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker.

Penn Jillette

I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.

Miranda Hart

I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade.

Marilyn Manson

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

Mike Birbiglia

I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so infuriating. It's like, 'Who is this guy, and why does he have a memoir?' David Letterman could write a memoir. Joan Rivers could. I'm just a nobody. I'm a comedian and a writer.