Quotes About Comedian

And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.

Wit is thought to be a quality rare in comedians. It is so natural to suppose that persons who spend their lives in showing things on the outside have nothing within.

The comedian can put the punchline out there, but it's the audience that receives it - and has to get it.

I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.

What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.

For years, I was either referred to as a 'rubber-faced funny man' or 'the 'Men Behaving Badly' star.'

When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.

No comedian's wife thinks he's funny. The first few years of the marriage, maybe. I was funny as hell the first couple of years.

I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure.

I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.

I have to say Tim Thomerson is one of the funniest people I've ever met.

If you speak to his friends like Adam Sandler, David Spade or Tim Meadows - the people he came up with at 'SNL' - they would all agree that Norm was the purest amongst them. He was the comic's comic.

Tina Fey is just amazing. And she is just so funny and so good hearted.

To be honest, I've always been really interested in the role of the host, whether it's our kind of Billy Crystal-style traditional awards show host or when you have someone like Louis C.K. or a more edgy stand-up comedian do their take on a hosting role.

I feel like any time John Oliver is added to something, the comedy is instantly there. He's so funny.

Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.

I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.

A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form and when it's allowed to be seen.

I try to be kind, and I try to reflect that in my comedy, but I'm also incredibly bad at being mean. I can't pull it off effectively, so I always end up reverting back to politeness.

Bill Maher fancies himself the reincarnation of Lenny Bruce.

In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal.

Weird Al' is awesome and so humble.

I consider myself a bit of a comedian. I write a lot of humorous songs.