Quotes About Comedy

I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that.

I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.

It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.

From very early on, I had always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. It was my passion; it was my goal. It was a world I was simply infatuated with. So, as soon as I could, I moved out to L.A. chasing after my dream.

I'm not a comedian, but I do make people laugh. I'm good at it.

As a comedian, I'm always quoting 'Caddyshack' and 'Dumb and Dumber.'

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.

People always tell me, 'You should do drama. You should do drama.' Even when I first got an agent, they were like, 'We want to send you out to be dramatic.' And I'm like, 'No. I'm a comedian. I'm funny. I want to do funny stuff.'

I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show business.

I never thought I was going to be a comedian.

Gilbert Gottfried, I think, is just the most underappreciated comedian in the world. I think that he doesn't get enough credit for how funny he is.

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'.

Growing up, I loved comedy even before I knew that you could be a stand-up comedian.

You can succeed as a terrible director, but try doing that with stand-up: try being a terrible comedian and getting up on stage. The funny will win out very, very quickly.

I love comedy, but I did always consider myself a dramatic comedian.

I always wanted to be a comedian.

I worked as a comedian for 23 years, 51 weeks a year.

If people leave the house wanting to see a comedian, they want to see someone speak out for themselves and share true stories from their life.

People tend to feel that if you're a comedian, you can't act.

In reality, as a comedian, you're successful because you're funny, and you should be able to be funny about anything.

I'm not really a comedian, innit; I just naturally say things which people class as funny.

Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.

British comedian Imran Yusuf is fantastic and so is Shazia Mirza, also London-based.