Quotes About Comedy

No actor can be a complete artist without trying his/her hand at comic roles.

There's a lot of comic book inspiration and stuff I do that people probably won't recognize. I grew up in the '70s, so there's a lot of little things, like 'Three's Company' and 'Gilligan's Island.' Those shows were the foundation of my comedy in a way.

There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.

When I first started doing comedy, I was 42 years old, and I was the brother of one of the most celebrated comics in history who made his name in the game 20 years earlier.

Carolines is the best. It has great sound, you can hear from the front all the way to the back with the same quality. If you want to see the top comics, go to Carolines.

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

Comics don't like to see other comics do well.

I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians.

Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.

It's funny: There's a lot of comics on 'Breaking Bad.'

Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience.

I love stand-up comics, particularly those who have embraced podcasting.

If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?

I appreciate the audience for checking us as comics.

What we do as comics can be a service to people. It can make them laugh and take their mind off their problems for a few minutes.

When they first start doing comedy, new comics or even people that have only been doing it three or four years, they're doing an impersonation of a stand-up. This is what I think a stand-up should sound like.

I'm sure all parents think their kids are funny, and I'm sure a lot of kids are, whether their parents are comics or not.

Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes.

Any club has more than enough comics, so if you're not there every night talking to the booker, you're not going to get on. You have to be there more than they are.

I'd say a lot of black comics were forced to do the black comedy circuit. I'd go into black comedy clubs and see what they're going through, which is different because they're almost made to be in another world.

I would tell my 23-year-old self to be friends with more comics.

What I've always said about comedy is if you do it in the right way, you can say anything to anybody because they know where you're coming from. They know it's not malicious.