Comedian Quotes - Page 23

• I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about, and that's really it. I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change, but I am far lazier than that.

  Jon Stewart

  Writing, Thinking, People

  "Jon Stewart, in his own words" by Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. August 5, 2015.

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• One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

  Bob Newhart

  Firsts, Shows

  "Bob Newhart: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. December 18, 2008.

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• One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you're the boss. It's your stage, and don't screw with me because I'll make you look bad, which I had to do, because you wind up with drunks and loud people.

  Bob Newhart

  Wind, People, Boss

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• Thinking up jokes is easy. The hard part is trying them out on stage, because you never know if they're funny until you get there. Not one comedian in the world ever really knows.

  Emo Philips

  Thinking, Trying, World

  "Emo Philips" by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• Everyone, everywhere, and all the time, used to laugh at me when I was growing up. So, when I was around 18, I thought, 'I'll become a comedian, and then if everyone laughs at me, I'll be famous.' So I went on stage one night and, for the first time in my life, everyone stopped laughing at me.

  Emo Philips

  Growing Up, Night, Laughing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.

  Ray Romano

  Kids, Validation, Needs

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• I've got a group who can't play music, one bad comedian plus boyfriend, a nervous breakdown calling himself a magician, two coachloads of 70-year-old religious maniacs looking for a fight and a fancy-dress contest that nobody knew about.

  Alan Bleasdale

  Religious, Fighting, Years

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• Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.

  Richard Pryor

  Assets, Shows, Expenses

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• This is a dream come true. HBO is the highest echelon in the world for a stand-up comedian to attain. Throughout my career I've trusted my instincts to lead me down the right path, and I am honored to work together with this network while contributing to the legacy that is HBO.

  Dane Cook

  Dream, Careers, Hbo

  "Dane Cook Signs Big HBO Deal" by Brian B., movieweb.com. March 02, 2006.

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• I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people.

  Dane Cook

  Yelling, People, Feelings

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• I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Thinking, Southern, Comedy

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• For some reason I get advertised when I travel as a political comedian, which I'm not. Sometimes I talk about it and sometimes I don't.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Political, Politics, Sometimes

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• I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians. Now I usually just do it alone.

  Adam Sandler

  Used, Stills, Five

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• I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

  Hannibal Buress

  Actors, Way, Looks

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• When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.

  Tommy Chong

  Jail, Activist

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• I'm not a natural comedian, as an artist. I studied comedy growing up. I would watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, all day.

  Brandon T. Jackson

  Growing Up, Artist, Watches

  "Brandon T. Jackson Interview BIG MOMMA'S: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON". Interview, collider.com. February 17, 2011.

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• Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.

  Busy Philipps

  Actors, Television, Type

  Source: collider.com

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

  Linda Blair

  Fun, Mean, World

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. September 17, 2000.

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• What I like about stand-up is, it's truthful. I'm not up there trying to get laid or look cool. I'm up there because I really love it, and it makes people happier.

  Jay Mohr

  People, Trying, Looks

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• A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My stand-up isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.

  Colin Quinn

  Book, Wow, Faces

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• For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor.

  Colin Quinn

  Friendly, Type

  The A.V. Club Interview, tv.avclub.com. August 31, 2010.

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• A lot of the comedians don't even tell the joke. Like only three tell the joke, the rest of them dissect it.

  Bob Saget

  Three, Jokes

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• Being a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Feels

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• I don't like the fact that most black people or black comedians have to present themselves in a flamboyant way. It's good if you can do that, but I don't like to think that's the way all black comedians are. I'm not that type.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Thinking, People, Black

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• Bombing teaches you how badly you want to become a comedian. Because unless it's a burning desire, you'll quit when the consistent bombing becomes too much to take.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Desire, Burning, Want

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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