Comedian Quotes - Page 26

• I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then you see me, you'll see where I got a lot of my stuff.

  Pauly Shore

  Dad, Stuff, Comedy

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• You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.

  Pauly Shore

  Going Away, Band, Actors

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• Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.

  Bill Burr

  Scary, Sometimes, Incredibles

  "Comedian Bill Burr, tamer of unruly audiences". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. October 21, 2009.

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• There is a very difficult period in a comedian's career - it's that window of time where you're good enough to draw tickets but nobody knows you yet.

  Bill Burr

  Careers, Tickets, Window

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• I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.

  Cheyenne Kimball

  Night, Thinking, Mind

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• I've been in radio, God, twenty years. I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up. Radio was just kind of an accident. I did morning radio in my hometown of Buffalo, then went to Rochester, then Chicago, and then New York.

  Stephanie Miller

  Morning, New York, Growing Up

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. August 22, 2006.

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• This is something that the nimblest standup comedians learn, over time, to handle gracefully. They'll go between prepared material, then they'll respond to what's happening in the room and weave it back into the prepared material and so on.

  John Hodgman

  Rooms, Materials, Prepared

  Interview with Greg Hunter, therumpus.net. October 21, 2013.

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• I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing with a dark passion. A lot of these are guys coming from a tumultuous life, including myself. Some people need outlets, a way to express yourself.

  Kevin Hart

  Crazy, Passion, Dark

  "Getting Real with Kevin Hart". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. January 17, 2014.

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• Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

  Kevin Hart

  Compliment, Accolades, I Can

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• I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word 'urban' but - when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who's launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?

  Kevin Hart

  Hate, Thinking, Ice

  "Kevin Hart Talks RIDE ALONG, Moving to the New Phase in His Career, Comparisons to other Buddy Cop Action Comedies, and More". Interview on the set, collider.com. November 5, 2013.

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• I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star.

  Kevin Hart

  Stars, Rocks, People

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• If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls.

  Kage Baker

  Tolerance, Watches, Wizards

  Kage Baker (2012). “Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen”, p.91, Tachyon Publications

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• Back when Jerry Seinfeld was just another comedian hanging around the clubs, I'd imitate him to amuse myself and the other comics. The club owners would say, 'What are you doing that for? Nobody knows him.'

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Clubs, Back When, Owners

  "What's eating Gilbert Gottfried?". Interview with Howard Halle, www.timeout.com. December 15, 2005.

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• Some comedians tell nice jokes that you can tell to your kids. Some use bad words - they work 'blue.' If you don't want to hear a joke that's blue, you shouldn't go to a comedy club where a comedian who makes blue jokes is performing.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Nice, Kids, Blue

  "If you don't want to hear an edgy joke, don't listen" By Gilbert Gottfried, www.cnn.com. July 16, 2012.

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• You know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.

  Patton Oswalt

  New York, Car, Stuff

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. August 31, 2011.

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• In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

  Patton Oswalt

  Writing, Mind, Branches

  "Patton Oswalt on his most memorable roles and giving life advice to Dane Cook". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 19, 2012.

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• Before doing my first open mic, I was sitting in the back watching all these comedians banter back and forth and fire jokes and up each other, and I thought, This is where I wanna be.

  Patton Oswalt

  Fire, Sitting, Firsts

  "Patton Oswalt: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• Here's what I'm afraid of. I know a lot of comedians, friends of mine, who just got into the "Doesn't matter what I say. It doesn't matter. They're just gonna laugh anyway."

  Patton Oswalt

  Laughing, Matter, Mines

  "Patton Oswalt: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• I mean, all alternative comedy is are comedians that have being doing it for so long, for so long, that they were relaxed enough to start becoming personal on stage.

  Patton Oswalt

  Mean, Long, Alternatives

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• Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of - we're very insecure, and we want to be loved and liked by everybody. And you know, I could check my Twitter and there could be 150 people that say wonderful things. There'll be one person who says something negative. And all we focus on is that negative.

  Russell Peters

  Insecure, People, Focus

  "TalkAsia" with Monita Rajpal, www.cnn.com. May 17, 2013.

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• I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.

  Russell Peters

  Thinking, Acting, Progression

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• Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.

  Dick Cavett

  Ego, Giants, Needs

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• When I was 13 I told my dad I'd rather kill myself than do an ordinary job. He vaguely muttered something about how I'd need to earn a living somehow, but he's been totally behind me, forking out money he didn't really have to send me to university. Every other comedian I've met had to fight their parents to be allowed to do this but mine have been brilliant.

  Noel Fielding

  Jobs, Dad, Fighting

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• I'm a very straightforward person. But that's fine for a comedian. Because a lot of times you're talking about everyone else.

  John Mulaney

  Talking, Fine, Straightforward

  "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.

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• For generations comedians have made jokes about Scots-Irish in the South inter-breeding. "I am my own grandpa" and all that stuff; you know, because they all were marrying their first cousins.

  Ishmael Reed

  Cousin, Grandpa, Generations

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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