Comedian Quotes - page 2

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously. (Barry Humphries)
I always wanted to be a comedian and actor, [...] I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about it. I like to think I'm good enough not to negatively affect the performance. View quote
Bo Burnham
I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all. View quote
Andy Andrews
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me. View quote
Mindy Kaling
A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I don't know what they think. View quote
Stephan Pastis
There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process. View quote
David Walliams
The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh. View quote
Leslie Nielsen
I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. View quote
Bob Newhart
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story. View quote
Bob Newhart
I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny. View quote
Anthony Jeselnik
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. (Neil LaBute)
I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that... I've always done 'less is more.' View quote
Albert Brooks
You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard. View quote
Anthony Anderson
I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion. View quote
Anthony Anderson
The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things. View quote
Aries Spears
I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian. View quote
Bobby Darin
I'm not very big on politics. I'm a comedian and not that smart. I don't have the mind capacity for it. View quote
Bobby Moynihan
I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course. View quote
Cecilia Bartoli
I want to be a little more dramatic nowadays. I definitely want something big and funny, but I look for things that can just have people see me in a different light and let me mature as both an entertainer and an actor and a comedian. View quote
Cedric the Entertainer
I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer. View quote
Christian Kane
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)
When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me. View quote
Carrot Top
Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn't think they were right for Airplane! because it would step on the joke if there was a known comedian. View quote
David Zucker
I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly. View quote
Diane Neal
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities. View quote
Greg Behrendt