Comedian Quotes

I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.

My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.

I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.

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

You know, I'm a comedian the same as Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. We all came up the same way. The three of us have interest in politics; I call us fundits, we're fundits! We're not pundits!

As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.

If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.

If you watch the arcs of so many comedians, at some point, they just become themselves.

Most comedians weren't great athletes; that was the way they got noticed in high school.

I play a garbage man who moonlights as a stand-up comedian. Terrible.

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist.

When I'm going to see a comedian, I don't want to see them hold back, and when I'm reading a book, I don't want to hear an abridged version.

[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost.

A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form and when it's allowed to be seen.

Twitter makes you a comedian in the same way that digital cameras make you a photographer

I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.

I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

I've loved the Internet space in terms of creative content control and ownership, the things I haven't had since I started as a stand-up comedian.

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.

Comedians are the nearest to suicide.

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.

Of the many qualities I adore about Melissa McCarthy as a comedian and as a dramatic actor, the best is how fully she gives herself to every character she plays.

I just had a throwaway part, really, if you think about it. I'm not a natural actor, you know? I'm a comedian, through and through. And I really love my lines. Those are the lines I want to do.

I love comedians. They're my community.

You don't look down at your feet. A lot of comedians want to look down at their feet, but you break contact with the audience.

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do.

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.

Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark - around my issues and my philosophy of life.

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer, and use it as a stand-up comedian.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

Everyone thinks I'm a comedian - which I am and are. I was born into a comedic family but I'm trained as an actor.

One can always lament, you know — but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the great tragedian should also be a great comedian.

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

If you're billed as a comedian, people will accept anything you say as light-hearted and not with intent behind it.

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

That's the thing that most people don't realize. In real life, comedians aren't funny. They save it. They save it up.

I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.