Comedian Quotes - Page 20

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

No matter how you feel, you've got to be able to laugh at yourself. If you can laugh at Donald Trump, then you better be able to laugh at yourself, too. For us as comedians, we have to point out what's funny.

Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

One can always lament, you know — but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the great tragedian should also be a great comedian.

Everyone thinks I'm a comedian - which I am and are. I was born into a comedic family but I'm trained as an actor.

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

When you're a comedian, you're just by yourself.

I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer, and use it as a stand-up comedian.

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do.

You don't look down at your feet. A lot of comedians want to look down at their feet, but you break contact with the audience.

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.

I love comedians. They're my community.

I just had a throwaway part, really, if you think about it. I'm not a natural actor, you know? I'm a comedian, through and through. And I really love my lines. Those are the lines I want to do.

Filming in Cloak & Dagger I was trying to get my Screen Actors Guild card. Everybody tries to get their SAG card if they want to be an actor. People might say that it was their dream to be an actor, but for me, I was a comedian. I already had a job. But I felt like there could be money there, and comedians don't make very much money, or they didn't in 1984.

If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.

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

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.