Comedian Quotes

Creator: A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.

I couldn't tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don't tell people you're gonna be a comedian in Atlanta. That means you ain't gonna do nothing.

If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian.

If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls.

When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view.

Being a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what you're the fastest.

Comedians are the one who have to tell the emperor he has no clothes on.

All comedians are preoccupied with one thing and with one thing only-themmm-selllves. It's a horrible lot in life.

There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.

I like LA because it has a giant supply of great comedians.

The glass is always half empty. All good comedians are manic-depressive.

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. I'm not Ed Murrow up on the roof in a London fog reporting on the blitz.

Ive been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

A lot of comedians today have misunderstood the concept of a subversive comedian. If you really want to be subversive, you have to please and offend in equal amounts.

A comic says funny things. A comedian says things funny.

Some comedians change their style, often to their advantage; but I see no reason why I can't continue with the "urbane sophisticate" 'til the day I die.

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

I hate when comedians use Performed For The Troops as one of there credits before they go up on stage.

To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had.

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!

My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.

I believe in being honest with myself. If there's one thing I hate it's when a comedian is great and won't admit it. I've never met one like that, but if I did, I'd hate them.

In my first stand-up acts there wasn't material even. You know, I'd go on stage and cry and read a Dear John letter or gut fish on stage. I could be odd - and it's what interested me as a comedian.

By elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

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

People who become comedians… come from pain, come from conflict.

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

I'm a goofball and a comedian.

It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat.

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.

Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.

The best-laid plans of mice and comedians usually wind up on the cutting-room floor.

All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a half must be.

For a comedian to kind of catch onto something right as something's catching on in our culture, a lot of it is luck, and you hope the joke is funny.

Lots of people say if you dredge too much stuff up, you'll go crazy - "You'll go insane!" But for a comedian, insanity is not a problem. It's a goal.

The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.

[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me.

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

I wasn't the good looking guy, I wasn't the hot chick, I wasn't the fat guy, I didn't have a catchphrase, I didn't wear a silly hat. I was just trying to improve as a comedian.

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

Music takes us where words cannot.

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.

If you are a New York comedian who knows how to improvise and has glasses, you're going to start getting commercials.