Comedians Quotes
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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I know a lot about Jewish comedians.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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A lot of comedians are selfish.
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I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether it be social issues commentary, whether it be - hell, Carrot Top. I can't be Carrot Top. I can't.
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No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
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In general, comedians are attracted to vice.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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Jews have a tendency to become comedians.
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Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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Some comedians will tour and do these classic bits all the time. But now with YouTube and Comedy Central, people see your stuff, and they don't want to hear you do that again.
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If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
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Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians.
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I'm not like most comedians. I don't deal with just heckles - I'm also dealing with threats and anger. Here I am, a brown person on stage being quite blunt. I talk about white privilege; I talk about U.S. imperialistic practices; I talk about colonialism. I'm not saying things that are easy for people to laugh at.
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I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by male comedians as I am female comedians.
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There are way too many comedians now.
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Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans are comedians, the inspector thought, as he passed Parker through. A government tourist hostess approached him."Are you Mr. Mark Parker?""Guilty.
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It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.
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I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth to each other. A lot of like, 'What if you say this? What about this?'
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Only one that's lasted 34 years, six months and five days. A lot of comedians are really angry people, and they deal with rage through being acerbic, subversive, in a funny way. It's just a way to sublimate what could be a lot uglier.
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Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.
