Comedian Quotes

I'm not very big on politics. I'm a comedian and not that smart. I don't have the mind capacity for it.

It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.

When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies. They go, "And now his tour is done."

I don't get all the anger that is thrown at comedians.

What's the good thing about being an actor, you can do more things. Not just being a comedian, not going overboard but expressing myself within the confines of a film.

I'm not a natural comedian, as an artist. I studied comedy growing up. I would watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, all day.

I do make a concscious effort to be genuine among other comedians. If I write something or try something that doesn't feel like me, I stop doing it.

I wasn't expecting to really draw in respected comedians but it's going to happen along the way and I'm truly honored by that.

I don't think I was a good comedian.

I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that.

He was so good at everything he did. You can't call Ronnie Barker a comedian. He was an actor, and a great writer.

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.

What I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes.

When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement.

I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.'

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.

I never saw myself as a comedian. I saw myself as a guy who can act funny.

I’m a ridiculous person. If you take anything any comedian says seriously, then you’re stupid.

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing. And you just kind of have it.

I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.

I'm not a comedian. I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and has known what I want to do.

Growing up and being a kid, I knew that creativity was at the heart of what I wanted to do. I always had this feeling of wanting to be a comedian and wanting to be an actor.

Being comedian outside of performing, you're someone who's analyzing life, and thinking about it, and observing so much. In my opinion, it can make you feel sort of on the outside looking in.

When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

I'm not interested in being one of those comedians who wants to look good and be this 'cool' funny person. I don't care how weird or ugly I look.

To be a comedian: Make peace with the fact that you will never be as funny as a baby falling over.

You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in the law.

Though part of me had always wanted to be a comedian, another part of me had always wanted to be Bryant Gumbel or Dan Rather.

I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show.

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

Nobody really wants to be a stand-up, they want to get on TV.

I think anybody in front of a crowd is a comedian.

A comedian has to live in his head. All this comedy comes from a lonely place. When you're surrounded by an entourage, you're not living in your head.

Black comics, they only watch Black comedians. You're a comedian; you're not just a Black comedian. You're a comedian. I try to get that through to everybody.

Before I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me was being a teenager... Boy, was I wrong!

So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian.

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

Growing up as a comedian, the first thing you dream of is having your own album, but even more than that, I always wanted that hour special on cable.

I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian.

That’s the beauty of being a comedian: it’s the one job you’re allowed to do that. We’re lucky. We’re really lucky.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.

Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second.

A comedian is not funny unless he is taking his demons out for a walk.

I wanted to be a comedian. I wanted to meet waitresses and felt that being a comedian was my best way to go about it and I was right.