Quotes About Comedy

I'm not a comedian who wants to spend far too long on stage.

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian.

When I first realized that I wanted to be a stand-up comedian was when I was in the service.

There's a fear when you're a comedian of just being hectoring, so you do try to fight against that.

If the show is going really well and the comedian is still annoyed with the audience, chances are he's a Boston comic. That's the beauty of Boston comics.

As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid.

A Canadian comedian once told me that when you first go out there to imagine that you're actually just going back out for the encore, that all the clapping is because they've already seen you do your thing and they want to see more. You can train your mind to do anything.

A comedian's job itself is tough. But I have been lucky to have made people laugh.

I think you're a comedian as soon as you start. I don't think there's a moment where you become a full comic.

I have always been a comedian - that has always been my job and it is what I want to do for a long time to come.

The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going to use that.

You know, a comedian's comedian is just that - it's a guy who's original and funny and can make comics laugh.

You can't just expect anyone to turn comedian because it's something that should come naturally, but not when forced on someone.

I'm not the sort of comedian who wants to make audiences think about politics. I'm not clever in that way.

You know, as a comedian, that's what you do. You speak truth to power by making people laugh.

If I am known as a comedian or I get to be known as one, it is because of one of two reasons - either you have not tried or you have accepted it.

I love comedy but I am Rajpal Yadav. I am not a comedian.

As a disabled comedian, often my hecklers are also disabled.

I'm not a natural comedian.

I love pure joke-tellers, but if I go to see a comedian for a full show, I want to feel I know them more than when I came through the door.

If in the first 30 seconds, a comedian cannot bring a smile to your face, he is not an entertainer.

It's embarrassing to say you want to be a comedian. Admitting that you want attention and you think you're such a laugh.

For a comedian, talking to people is the best education.