Comedians Quotes
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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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You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on. It's the hardest thing.
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There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.
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The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.
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When I became a standup comic, my hero, one of them, was Richard Pryor, and you know, I think that comedians, like, comedians talk about hacks, and what a hack is, is someone who does stuff that's not original.
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In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.
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If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.
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I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like it is for a rock band.
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One of the things I've found about SpongeBob's movement style is that, in addition to being animated and sort of stretching and squeezing, he's really based on the classic silent comedians, physical comedians.
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Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.
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Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? And the more grave or important things are... You know, some comedians can get this disease where they get serious all the time.
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I like seeing comedians do stuff that I could never do.
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I'd like to help other comedians and when I get a little older I'd like to open up a nice comedy club that is straight classy, with a straight restaurant and a chef. The whole thing, red carpet, and treating people nice, for people to come back and have a good time. That's the kind of comedy club I want to open up.
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I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy.
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A lot of us comedians are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about ourselves, and we didn't know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval.
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And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.
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I do make a concscious effort to be genuine among other comedians. If I write something or try something that doesn't feel like me, I stop doing it.
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I see a lot of the young comedians think it is clever to use foul language and they think it is funny. It isn’t.
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I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.
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Comedians usually are rooting for the underdog. I mean to take a shot at an underdog I think is really stupid and low and not funny.
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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.
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I think a lot of comedians sometimes pretend to find the job more taxing than it is.
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I would love to be a dad. There are plenty of comedians who have kids. But they're dads. Being a dad is so different from being a mom.
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It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.
