Comedian Quotes - Page 40

• [Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Children, Giving Up, Halloween

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• Right-wing propagandists like Limbaugh and Coulter are essentially entertainers, entertainers who stimulate prejudice, selfishness and meanness the way a comedian works for laughs or a tragedian plays for tears. Theirs is a new art form, exclusive to America and bewilderingly successful. In place of traditional conservative ideology, they offer their audience partisan belligerence and a complete package of mail-order hatreds, designed for the conceptually and ethically impaired.

  Hal Crowther

  Art, Successful, Order

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• Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.

  Andrew Mayne

  Ideas, Magician

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• I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about.

  Jon Stewart

  Writing, Creativity, Thinking

  "Jon Stewart, in his own words" By Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. August 20, 2015.

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• I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy, as soon as you do, you aren't a comedian any more. Looks are still the most important thing for women when it comes to meeting a partner. And that's fair enough, but a sense of humour is really important too. For starters, it's a great indicator of whether you are going to get on. If the first time you go on a date you don't find each other funny, there's a fundamental problem.

  Ricky Gervais

  Sexy, Thinking, Important

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• I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don’t invalidate me.

  Cat Power

  War, Mistake, Moving

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

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• Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.

  Aziz Ansari

  Sex, Hate, Dancing

  "Aziz Ansari: The Funniest Tool In 'Parks' Utility Shed". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 4, 2010.

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• On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.

  Sandra Bernhard

  Rap, Book, Wife

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• And what is the reaction of the British politcal class? Well the Lib Dems, still think that the Euro is a success! I don't quiet think where Cleggy gets this from, I don't know. Prehaps he is cosidering an alternative career, as a stand up comedian, once he's out of politics.

  Nigel Farage

  Thinking, Class, Careers

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• They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.

  Bob Monkhouse

  Funny, Clever, Smart

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• Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers.

  Dave Allen

  Half, Nine, Fingers

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• Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!'

  Charlie Parker

  Guy, Bops, Jazz

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• I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people laugh, and being stupid, so I never thought I'd be doing a job where you always have to look nice, and polished and sophisticated.

  Gemma Ward

  Jobs, Stupid, Nice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) is a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success.

  Rex Reed

  Careers, Bridesmaids, Gimmicks

  "Declined: In Identity Thief, Bateman’s Bankable Billing Can’t Lift This Flick out of the Red" by Rex Reed, observer.com. February 5, 2013.

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• One night I attended a Laughing Liberally comedy show. There was one funny comedian there - Lee Camp.

  Matt Labash

  Night, Laughing, Comedy

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• So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh.

  Dave Matthews

  Night, Doctors, Work Out

  "Live at Luther College". Live album by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, January 19, 1999.

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• Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.

  Sharon Horgan

  Ego, Different, Actors

  "The funniest woman you've never heard of" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2007.

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• I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

  Chelsea Handler

  Hard

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• Chihuahua. There's a waste of dog food. Looks like a dog that is still far away.

  Billiam Coronel

  Dog, Looks, Waste

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• Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her place in the Hall of Comedy as the First Lady. I will miss her.

  Tim Conway

  Missing, Males, Fields

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• To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.

  Don Rickles

  Guy, Trying, Different

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• Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.

  Aubrey Plaza

  All Time, All Time Favorite

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

  Dane Cook

  Hecklers

  "INTERVIEW: Dane Cook Knows Earl's Dirty Little Secret in Mr. Brooks!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. May 24, 2007.

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• All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a half must be.

  Jimmy Carr

  Different, Audacity, Attention

  "The Razz: Jimmy's Brent on Being Funny". The Daily Record, February 28, 2004.

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• The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.

  John Krasinski

  Emotional, Levels

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