Comedian Quotes
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You want to have the experience. As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. You got on a film sometimes and it's sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor's job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It's not. We're good at saying what other people have written, but for the majority of it, that's about it, comedians aside. It's all in the writing. Whether that's dialogue or character, or whatever, it doesn't matter. As long as they've done something special, than you can do something special.
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The more you work in this business as a comedian, the closer you get to just being yourself onstage, on camera, the more well received you are.
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I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.
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If there's anything I like better than honey and ketchup, it's baloney and whipped cream --- and we haven't got any!
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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.
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Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.
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I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.
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Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.
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Most comedians come from a dark past and have a lot of sadness.
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Phunny Business is a breezy, vivid, funny, star-studded and delightful valentine to comedy, entrepreneurship and the All-American impulse to make something out of nothing. The story of comedy club owner/inveterate dreamer Raymond Lambert and his heroic quest to create a safe, productive place for black stand-up comedians to hone their craft and find their voices isn't just a great Chicago story and a great comedy story: it's a flat-out great story, lovingly and engagingly told.
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When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.
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I was inspired by people telling me I should be a comedian. I tried it and had a really good first set, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do this forever'.
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As a comedian, I'm like one of those on-the-scene reporters. I will actually go and try to find disasters so I can write jokes as the disasters unfold.
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I believe that comedians do what they do, and then they get credit or criticism for doing it. There's nothing planned about this.
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If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.
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I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I make sense out of ridiculous situations, but in the end, it's all about laughter. It's all about your cheek hurting, your stomach hurting.
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On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.
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Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish?
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I'm not a comedian, but I love the comedians who know when to get off the stage.
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I've been doing comedies but I'm not a comedian.
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I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that.
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It's weird to sit as a comedian. Being still drives me crazy.
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If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.
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I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.
