Comedian Quotes

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just doing stand-up comedy.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian.

I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course.

There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I started.

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

When I got into this, I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me, I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.

Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say.

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian family, so food was always front and center in my life. I was a food obsessed person who morphed into a comedian and tried to figure out a way to make fun of my cake and eat it too.

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.

Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.

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