Comedian Quotes - Page 15

• A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.

  Agnes Repplier

  Cat, Eye, Animal

  Agnes Repplier (1894). “In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers”

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• Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had been dishonest regarding an issue, Cosby promised that if he told him the truth, he would not hit him. When his son did confess, Cosby did hit him. Seeing his son's shock and hurt, Cosby said he hoped this lesson had deepened his understanding of the anguish generated by a sense betrayal.

  Bill Cosby

  Hurt, Pain, Betrayal

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• I always say about my daughters, they save me from my miserable self. They take me out, you know, a comedian, you could live in your head a lot. And you're writing and you're doubting. But when I'm with my kids and my family, it's all about them.

  Chris Rock

  Daughter, Mother, Writing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.

  Winston Spear

  Funny, Nice, Taken

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• I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's just a lot of opportunity for women to have powerful roles. Or it's just that there's more women writing TV. Women tend to maybe write strong women.

  Whitney Cummings

  Strong Women, Powerful, Writing

  "I Wrote The Jokes That People Assumed Men Would Write". Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. September 15, 2011.

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• There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I dont even have to exaggerate.

  Will Rogers

  Government, Credit, Facts

  Saturday Review, August 25, 1962.

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• My preference is live performance. Because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that. You know, musicians need it, comedians definitely need it. It doesn't matter what size and what club, whether it's 30 people in the club or 2,000 in a hall or a theater. It's live, it's symbiotic, you need it.

  Robin Williams

  Thinking, People, Musician

  Source: www.today.com

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• I have a funny sense of humor. If I was a comedian and I was up on stage, people would think that's funny, because I'm a funny comedian. I'm an entertainer.

  Lil B

  Thinking, People, Sense Of Humor

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• It was important to me to be cool as a comedian. I didn't want to be a crowd-pleaser who sent out the vibe of, "I need you guys." I wanted to be so cool that the audience could leave and I would still be killing, that I didn't want to have to rely on them or need them. That really appealed to me.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Guy, Important, Needs

  "Anthony Jeselnik on roasting, ripping off Jack Handey, and giving the devil his own TV show". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2013.

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• I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.

  Jordan Peele

  Men, African American

  "Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Key & Peele". Interview With Jesse Thorn, tv.avclub.com. March 20, 2012.

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• At the same time, we can't blame comedians for taking time to learn. Any critic of comedy who believes that he has always, universally, been on the right side of justice is engaging in a hypocrisy that is itself a joke.

  Guy Branum

  Believe, Hypocrisy, Justice

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• I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now

  Bob Monkhouse

  Laughing, Wanted, Laughed

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• Jamie Kilstein is amazing and I will be spreading the word. He has the spark that energized my conscience. We need more comedians kicking it hard the way he does every night

  Robin Williams

  Night, Kicking It, Doe

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• I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian.

  Steven Michael Quezada

  Years, Stand Up Comedian

  "'Breaking Bad's' Gomez on 'Ozymandias': At Least 'I Didn't Get Melted in Acid' (Q&A)". Interview with Aaron Couch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 16, 2013.

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• Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor. You have to be able to just hit the backhand. You can't think about all the pieces of it. You can't think about your swing. You just have to do it. Reading someone else's deconstruction of what I do, all it does is put me in my head. On nights when the show goes particularly well, I am not aware of its fluidity. A lot of nights I'm just worried that I'm not going to be as good as the script in front of me.

  Stephen Colbert

  Beautiful, Reading, Night

  "Stephen Colbert: The Playboy Interview". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. October 27, 2012.

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• Its really irritating. Even people who like my work sometimes come up to me and say, I usually dont like female comedians, but your material is great! It makes the job prospect more daunting. Funny is funny, you know?

  Chelsea Peretti

  Jobs, People, Female

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• I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world - you know, a kid sister of the “real comedians”. I like the idea of positioning myself as legendary rather than trying to fit in. Now do I see myself like that every day? No, but I think it's a funny attitude and maybe on some weird, spiritual level, maybe it's a good attitude.

  Chelsea Peretti

  Spiritual, Attitude, Real

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• I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

  Samm Levine

  Believe, Years, Age

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• A comedian is not funny unless he is taking his demons out for a walk.

  Cynthia Heimel

  Comedy, Demon, Walks

  Cynthia Heimel (1988). “But Enough about You”, Fireside

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• I don't really like actors. Actors are like terrible comedians with no punch lines. It's all about them. They talk about themselves all the time. They bore the sh - t out of you.

  Joe Rogan

  Actors, Lines, Terrible

  "12/12: Joe Rogan at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix". Interview with Randy Cordova, www.azcentral.com. December 9, 2014.

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• Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny can be serious, but people who have no sense of humor, they can never be funny - and frankly, they're jealous. There's very few comic actors. Think about it. There aren't that many. It's hard because you have to be able to do both.

  Jon Lovitz

  Jealous, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Disasters are funny to me. As a comedian you learn from failure, so I'm always trying to put myself in a situation that does not seem ideal for my comedy and see how it works.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Always Trying, Doe, Comedy

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik Is Eager To Offend You". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.buzzfeed.com. July 9, 2013.

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• I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Stuff, Want

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik Is Eager To Offend You". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.buzzfeed.com. July 9, 2013.

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• I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university I started doing stand up shows. Once I realized that I was good at it I quit college and left although I had six months left. I went to England. I could have done the last six months but I realized that I was better at standup comedy than I was at singing opera.

  Jim Jefferies

  Kids, College, Singing

  Source: montrealrampage.com

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• I wanted to do the comic strip. I tried to get it syndicated, and I sent some examples to a syndication company, and they sent me a rejection letter! I wasn't smart enough at the time to realize you shouldn't let rejection letters stop you. I thought that rejection letter meant I was not allowed to be a cartoonist in this world, so I put the rejection letter down and said, well, I'll be a stand-up comedian.

  Brian Regan

  Smart, Rejection, World

  Source: www.citypaper.com

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