Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jimmy Carr

All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a half must be.

It's equally my obligation as a comedian to point out what is wrong with us and get us talking about our problems as it is pointing out what's wrong (with) the way, for example, the government is treating us.

Dave Chappelle

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

Dennis Miller

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian.

Chelsea Handler

A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing. And you just kind of have it.

Chelsea Handler

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

Bob Newhart

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

Bob Newhart

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

Bo Burnham

I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of other comedy.

Bernie Mac

I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

Anthony is a very funny comedian whose engaging wit and personality have made him a favorite with audiences. We're delighted to have him host the show when it returns to NBC this summer.

Dwayne Hickman

a real professional - a natural comedian and a pleasure to work with.

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.

Busy Philipps

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.

Carrot Top

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

Dana Carvey

That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.

Charles R. Swindoll

There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of worship of the true and living God.

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."

Mike Birbiglia

When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.

Aubrey Plaza

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

Artie Lange

It's weird because standup can be like therapy. Comedians can't be satisfied with just having fun with our friends. We've got to figure out a way to do it on stage.

Akshay Kumar

People want their actors to do comedy, too. They don't want any comedians next to the actor. They want one solo hero and want to see everything in him.

Hank Azaria

When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that.

Cynthia Heimel

A comedian is not funny unless he is taking his demons out for a walk.

e. e. cummings

Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.

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.

Adam Carolla

I'm a comedian, not a politician.

Drew Carey

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

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.