Quotes About Comedian

You know, actors say, 'There are no bad roles, there are only bad actors.' Well, comedians, because they're also writers, believe that there are in fact bad roles.

It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.

I love Tina Fey because she acts and she writes and she's hilarious and does a lot of different things.

Creator: A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

I've been on the tour for 23 years and anybody who knows me knows that I am a jokester.

I toured as a nightclub comedian and did some television in New York.

I have a really different touring life to most comedians because I go home every night to do the school run in the morning. So I'm not in hotels or living it up.

I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.

I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade.

Even if I wasn't an actress or a comedian, I would be spreading love and laughter [with] whatever I did.

I've always had a reputation as a buffoon.

Cinema was my passion and I am sure that if you are talented, nobody can sideline you because you are just a comedian.

There is nothing quite as loud as the silence of an audience when a comedian is on stage.

I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy.

I think you develop strong instincts when you're a comedian. You have to pay your bills by making people laugh every six seconds... or not. I had to do that for 22 years.

If you're billed as a comedian, people will accept anything you say as light-hearted and not with intent behind it.

My whole intention is to break down these limitations of what a black comedian is supposed to be and to open up a space.

During her lifetime, Marilyn Monroe was underrated as a dramatic actress, and this rightly rankled her—but she was also overrated as a comedienne.

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it.

A comic's like anybody else - he does what he does to support himself and feed his family. But if a comic says the wrong thing, there's a chance the audience will want to take you down.

I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.

I never let on I was a comedian. I never acted out. It was really important to me, like, to not be Patch Adams. I was so super serious as a doctor, I would bark orders to my nurses. I was hard-core. I wanted to make sure I did my job right. I was perfectly trained to be a physician. You know, it wasn't a fluke. I worked hard at it.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.