Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Rush

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

Eddie Huang

My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.

Ursus Wehrli

Comedians take a neat situation and turn it into a mess. And in my books I do the same thing, but it's the other way around. I like to mess around with mess. A mess is only a mess because someone tells you it is.

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.

Kevin Dillon

I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.

Natasha Leggero

In general, comedians are attracted to vice.

Maria Bamford

When you're a comedian, you're just by yourself.

Paul Rudd

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

Paul Rudd

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.

Judd Apatow

If you watch the arcs of so many comedians, at some point, they just become themselves.

Judd Apatow

If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

Judd Apatow

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

Jenny McCarthy

I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up.

Ken Jennings

Twitter makes you a comedian in the same way that digital cameras make you a photographer

Kevin Nealon

I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor.

Kevin Nealon

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

Kathy Griffin

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist.

Kristen Wiig

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

Kingsley Amis

It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat.

Kid Cudi

I'm a goofball and a comedian

Margaret Cho

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

Will Rogers

Comedians haven't improved. Nothing has improved but taxes.

Howard Stern

Rick Shapiro is a top comedian.

Jay Mohr

But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do is stand there and take it.

Jane Levy

It's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.

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.

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.

Carly Craig

A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.

Jon Stewart

The way that he feels about Johnny Carson is the way that all of us, the comedians of our era, feel about him.

Dwayne Hickman

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

Gilbert Gottfried

Back when Jerry Seinfeld was just another comedian hanging around the clubs, I'd imitate him to amuse myself and the other comics. The club owners would say, 'What are you doing that for? Nobody knows him.'

Gilbert Gottfried

The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.