Quotes About Comedian

If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor.

People think I'm Rob Brydon a lot.

Comedy is second nature for me.

Back when Jerry Seinfeld was just another comedian hanging around the clubs, I'd imitate him to amuse myself and the other comics. The club owners would say, 'What are you doing that for? Nobody knows him.'

When a comedian can turn hero and has the will power to work out for a six pack, he can easily fit into the director's scheme of things.

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

Who knew Rob Lowe was funny? On 'Parks and Rec,' we've got some of the funniest comedy writers, some of the funniest comedians in the world working there. And if anything, we don't just effuse to one another and be like, 'Oh, Rob Lowe's really funny,' if he wasn't.

I've never tried to pass myself off as anything more than a comedian who wrote a dating book.

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

Usually, I think of the song, and then the video plays out in my head as I'm writing the song. I started rapping to become a comedian, so I'm certainly thinking about the visual component of things beyond just the music most of the time.

Music is very similar to comedy: It's all about texture, timing, context, vocabulary, performance. When someone's onstage doing a solo, essentially it's the same thing as what a comedian does. They're in the moment. They're listening.

Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

I think Samantha Bee is doing a really good show.

I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that.

The people I respect the most are my peers, my fellow comedians. I want their respect. It's my whole life.

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 a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

I'm a performer.

I've always been a performer. I love doing impressions of people and being the clown.

Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability.

I'm a big fan of comedy such as Cendric the Entertainer.

I love 'AP Bio' - I think it's so funny - it's just not the show I want to do.

Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.