Quotes About Perspective

I'm not very big on politics. I'm a comedian and not that smart. I don't have the mind capacity for it.

In reality, as a comedian, you're successful because you're funny, and you should be able to be funny about anything.

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

A lot of comedians are selfish.

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

It's interesting to talk to young comedians. I love it because it makes me go, 'Oh, that's how I can be funny.'

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.

Comedians are always narrating the story of the people. Always.

Well, audiences will laugh at a lot of things that comedians won't.

When something really affects you, it's hard to find the humor in it sometimes. There's are a lot of reasons why there are so many white male comedians, but I think part of it is that they are able to joke about a lot of things because a lot of things don't affect them personally.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

Certain films should only be watched at 40,000 feet. Like, certain comedies and certain, uh, emotionally charged movies.

I am open to doing comedies, romantic stories, and commercial cinema, but it has to work for me so that I can give a year of my life in making it.

I actually see comedy in death.

I think there should be comedy in everything; it doesn't matter what you're doing.

Comedy's about things the way they are. It's about the world as it is, not the world as we would like it to be, and science is the same, really.

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.

A sad truth I've learned is that I watch a lot less live comedy than I did before it became my job.

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

How do I comfort myself? Well, I say, 'Life is just like that.'

I am not too fussed by anything because I am comfortable with where and how I played the game.