Comedian Quotes

• I think when I started doing stand-up, that's when I really tried to question everything in my belief system which is - I think a pretty important part of being a comedian is really questioning things.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Belief

• I don't have to try and be a comedian to fit in the band. It's such a comfortable vibe. Had I been born in Sheffield, I probably would have been in the original lineup.

  

  Vivian Campbell Def Leppard
  • Band
  • Born
  • Line Up

• So many people there are in politics that they're overly cautious about laughing at stuff. They're so damned concerned about what everyone else is thinking. What are they worried about? Nobody ever walked into a show as a bleeding heart liberal and had a comedian undo 30 years of life experience.

  

  Bill Burr
  • People
  • Life
  • Thinking

• There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a prevailing conventional wisdom that I think is really wrong. That's not to say that television writers aren't great, but I think that the belief that some comedy writer's going to be able to capture your voice is naive.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Comedy

• I wish, in some ways, I was the type of comedian who could do something blistering and topical, but I'm the guy who gets stuck in the revolving door and thinks I should write about that.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Guy

• My mother was the one who totally got behind me as far as, do things and ask questions later. My father would say, "I don't care how dirty you are up there, just be funny." Because they knew me offstage. They knew I was a good guy. They knew my whole plan of becoming the most exciting comedian, visually, ever. A real rock-and-roll stand-up comic.

  

  Andrew Dice Clay
  • Funny
  • Rock And Roll
  • My Mother

• Your average comedian doesn't know the podcast universe, really.

  

  Scott Aukerman
  • Universe
  • Comedian
  • Podcast

• By the time I was 11, I wanted to be a comedian. So all those years later, I've managed to achieve my dream as a kid, and it wasn't easy. I'm on the [Hollywood] Walk of Fame and I'm one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America, according to Time Magazine. I think my duty is to go back and tell kids, 'Whatever color you are, wherever you come from, anything and everything is possible.' And I'm living proof.

  

  George Lopez
  • Thinking
  • Dream
  • Fame

• My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement.

  

  Carol Leifer
  • Life
  • Good
  • Long

• I'm a standup comedian who gets to act. I'm never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I go through periods where I'm doing a lot of acting work, I still do standup.

  

  Bill Burr
  • Acting
  • Stills
  • Periods

• I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.

  

  Josh Gad
  • Today
  • Feels
  • Closest

• The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.

  

  Nick Swardson
  • Commitment
  • Key
  • Comedian

• Comedian makes the statement that just isn't true.

  

  Brad Williams
  • True
  • Comedian
  • Statement

• People tell me I'm a comedian, but I don't approach acting from that perspective. I do know that everything in life has to do with your timing and perception. You have to be comfortable with the rhythm that you're in. You can't just jump into a fast rhythm if yours is slow. You might have to pick up the pace but in your own particular way. It has to do with personality, too.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • Life
  • Jump
  • Rhythm

• Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers.

  

  Dave Allen
  • Comedian
  • Finger

• Keep laughing. As long as you’re laughing you still have hope.

  

  Moe Howard
  • inspirational
  • Laughing
  • Having

• Woody Allen is a great dramatist and a great comedian.

  

  Cate Blanchett
  • Comedian
  • Woody Allen
  • Dramatist

• Some performers are brilliant comedians, some are genius musicians, and some just make you happy to be alive. THE BOBS are all of that - and then some.

  

  Paul Provenza
  • Happy
  • Musicians
  • Comedian

• I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.

  

  Robert Wyatt
  • Life
  • Comedy
  • Jokes

• For stand-up comedians that go onstage and get to write and perform and direct, and do all these things, the allure of a television show is still there but if it doesn't offer a level of creative fulfillment, it's oddly unappealing.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Writing
  • Creative
  • Comedian

• We're shaking up a format, which I think is always a good thing. The thing about [2011 Oscar hosts] James [Franco] and Anne [Hathaway] is, they've both hosted Saturday Night Live, and they both did a good job at it. So they are accustomed to working with short rehearsal time, and live, lots of pressure, rewrites, things like that. They can make quick changes, which is very advantageous, and they're skilled comedians.

  

  Bruce Vilanch
  • Thinking
  • Night
  • Host

• I don't claim to have all the answers; after all, I'm just a comedian who reads a lot.

  

  Adam Conover
  • Comedian
  • Reads

• When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.

  

  Cedric the Entertainer
  • Movie
  • Funny
  • Hollywood

• I personally have no interest in being a star or a celebrity. I want my stand-up comedy and how I think as a comedian to be recognized and successful.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Thinking
  • Comedy
  • Successful

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