Comedian Quotes - Page 19

• I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.

  Oliver Stone

  People, President, Culture

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have a pretty fresh delivery. I feel that I am probably more of a dramatic actor, but I'm also a comedian. Every day I am polishing up my skills.

  Tone Bell

  Skills, Actors, Dramatic

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Every single comedian in Canada is now living in the United States.

  Tucker Carlson

  United States, Canada, States

  "The Situation" with Tucker Carlson, www.nbcnews.com. December 15, 2005.

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• Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.

  Al Franken

  Stress, Pressure, Deals

  "Al Franken Interview". Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

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• As a comedian I don't think they look at me as a sexual person but I can see where with actors it would be a little difficult for them because its part of their mystique, it gives them an easier time to change characters and people aren't going oh we have a gay actor, their gay so I don't know if I'm gunna buy this guy with this girl, its weird, I don't think it's fair; it's only done with us, it seems, like they just accept everyone as straight and go along with it and then its oh their gay and make a big deal out of it.

  Wanda Sykes

  Girl, Character, Gay

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• I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

  Wanda Sykes

  Jobs, Writing, Waiting Around

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

  Margaret Cho

  Race, People, Culture

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

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

  Margaret Cho

  Make Others Happy, Order, Vulnerable

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

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

  Margaret Cho

  Art, Doe, Purpose

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

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• It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices, but that does not always work. But I think this film turned out really well, partly because the three of us (me, Ray and Denis) are comedians who are used to doing solo acts and doing certain types of voices. The three of us are New York guys, we all came up the same way in the profession and we are all edgy and enjoy doing family movies. It was a good combination I think.

  John Leguizamo

  New York, Thinking, Voice

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Philosophers, comedians, and tipsy birthday celebrants all have proposed theories about why time seems to move increasingly swiftly as we grow older. But the most disconcerting rationale is not a theory. It is the undeniable realization that every day we live constitutes a smaller percentage of the accrued experience with which we awaken each morning, and therefore seems proportionately a smidgen quicker and smaller than the day before.

  Michael Sims

  Morning, Moving, Realization

  Michael Sims (2008). “Apollo's Fire: A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day”, p.74, Penguin

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• The role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form.

  Bill Hicks

  Waiting, Roles, Form

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• I don't want to follow comedians because I don't want to see what they're thinking about, 'cause then maybe I won't stumble across a thought maybe I had about the same subject.

  Nick Thune

  Thinking, Want, Causes

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't know if people really care about my opinion on things or how I come up with things, and maybe that's an insecurity and why we're comedians in the first place, so I think with that you keep doing the material, you keep trying to be funny cause you think that's all you're wanted for.

  Nick Thune

  Thinking, People, Insecurity

  Source: www.avclub.com

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

  Maria Bamford

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• All comedians are preoccupied with one thing and with one thing only-themmm-selllves. It's a horrible lot in life.

  David Letterman

  Horrible, One Thing

  "New Again: David Letterman". Interview with Pat Hackett and Kenzi Abou-Sabe, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2014.

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• Roxanne came along in '86, when I was doing a lot of stand-up. I auditioned for the movie, and of course I was a huge Steve Martin fan, so I really hoped I would get this part. I don't think there was any part in particular that I auditioned for. I just went in and talked with them. There were so many parts in there, and so many comedians ended up getting in that movie, playing different firemen and townspeople.

  Kevin Nealon

  Thinking, Fans, Different

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Light, Actresses, Spirit

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• Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here's why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks truth to power. What's happened with journalists - again, I don't except myself from this criticism - in some ways we've lost our guts. We need a spine transplant. What's happened is comedians, in their own way, speak truth to power and fill that vacuum that we in journalism have too often left, particularly post 9/11.

  Dan Rather

  Criticism, Vacuums, Needs

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• Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez, who received a kidney from his wife.

  Virginia Postrel

  Blue, Wife, Minorities

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• There is a linear way in which black comedians are expected to talk about race by all audiences - black people are like this, white people are like this - and it really is hard to break through that. I never was doing it that way.

  W. Kamau Bell

  Race, Break Through, White

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• I'm a lot smarter and thoughtful of a comedian. This market is different than it was. You don't have to have cable to hear this comedy. It comes on a basic channel, and that's one of the biggest differences between now than when I first started.

  Joe Torry

  Thoughtful, Differences, Different

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I'm more of an older school comedian so Tommy Davidson still makes me laugh a lot no matter how many times I've heard his jokes or not. He's just an animated comedian that I don't mind seeing over and over again.

  Joe Torry

  School, Laughing, Mind

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.

  Cedric the Entertainer

  Hollywood, Stuff

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Comedians have varying levels of training. It can range from classically trained actors (like Robin Williams) to people who took comedy classes to folks who just started doing it. That's the beauty of comedy: it's close to a pure meritocracy.

  Ted Alexandro

  Class, People, Training

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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