Comedian Quotes
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Comedians on the stage are invariably suicidal when they get home.
Elsa Lanchester -
I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.
Paul Merton
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Not that I don't think irreverent humor and someone being filthy is funny, I just do what I do. Any comedian would admit throwing an f-bomb in there would help get a reaction. ... I'm not on a Puritanical pursuit, but when I would curse in a joke, I believe I'm not done writing it.
Jim Gaffigan -
I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.
Bill Burr -
One day isn't dramatic, but that was the median. For the more severely ill, the net reduction was three days, and for those treated early, it was 2 to 3 days.
B. R. Hayden -
A comedian is not funny unless he is taking his demons out for a walk.
Cynthia Heimel -
When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at Boston College I was part of an improv group, Mother's Fleabag, which had a long history and has been known as one of the best college improvisation groups in the U.S.
Amy Poehler -
Growing up, I didn't know anything about comedy and didn't know anything about comedians or what standup was. I grew up in the projects with no dream of anything, it was in my formatting when i got older and started talking to my friends about how I felt, they would be like, "dude, that's funny." Then one day my friend was like, "Dude, you don't understand how funny you are, you need to do standup"!
Carlos Mencia
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My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.
Vir Das -
Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.
Jim Gaffigan -
I'm a comedian, and I decided I wanted to be a comedian when I was eight years old watching old Saturday Night Live episodes. I never decided to be a rapper because I'm not a rapper.
Andy Samberg -
Seth Meyers is highly overrated as a comedian.
Donald Trump -
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 Sandler -
The whole idea of celebrity is flattering - it helps you get into restaurants and stuff - but once you obtain some creative fulfillment, which you do on a nightly basis as a comedian, it's hard to give that up just to be the wacky neighbor on a show.
Jim Gaffigan
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I would have liked to be a comedian in the '20s, or maybe even a comedian on the Mayflower and have a statue somewhere.
Dani Levy -
I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
Adam Sandler -
Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!'
Charlie Parker -
I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.
Drew Carey -
I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.
Cheyenne Kimball -
As a standup comedian, I've worked almost every New Year's Eve of my adult life. It's the best-paying night of the year.
Elayne Boosler
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Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.
Etta James -
I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. [...] There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.
Jim Gaffigan -
I had to write a comedy set and film a show at the same time. And it's the second time I've been up on stage as a stand-up comedian with untested material. I was saying it out loud for the first time that night. It didn't go how I expected, but in the best possible way.
Zach Anner -
I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus behind it is: I've been rejected so many times and I'm bitter and now I'm going to talk about it.
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