Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense. Votes: 5
Alan MooreAs much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian. Votes: 3
Shelley BermanEverything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. Votes: 3
Will RogersThe real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry Votes: 3
Martin LandauThe test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. Votes: 3
George Jean NathanThere really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode. Votes: 3
Tom LeykisThe role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. Votes: 3
Lenny BruceI was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. Votes: 3
Bob NewhartI think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. Votes: 3
George Carlin[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost. Votes: 0
Keegan-Michael KeyI've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything. Votes: 0
Jordan PeeleInside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience. Votes: 0
Shelley BermanI think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits. Votes: 0
Donald GloverIt's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat. Votes: 0
Kingsley AmisLike the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. Votes: 0
e. e. cummingsA comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal. Votes: 0
Fred AllenI started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. Votes: 0
Eddie MurphyImagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenAs a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoI think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian. Votes: 0
Paul MertonWhat I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes. Votes: 0
Carlos MenciaThe greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences. Votes: 0
Bob NewhartThere's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian. Votes: 0
Jim GaffiganI'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion. Votes: 0
Anthony AndersonThe key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian. Votes: 0
Nick SwardsonI've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO. Votes: 0
Dave ChappelleAny comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous. Votes: 0
Patton OswaltTwitter makes you a comedian in the same way that digital cameras make you a photographer Votes: 0
Ken JenningsUltimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh. Votes: 0
Ted AlexandroComedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoBeing a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it. Votes: 0
Franklyn AjayeI really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian. Votes: 0
Chris TuckerI don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes. Votes: 0
Paul RuddMy only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth. Votes: 0
Eddie HuangI became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoI'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby. Votes: 0
David ReesI don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that. Votes: 0
Bruce BruceI'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role. Votes: 0
Marcus BrigstockeI'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh. Votes: 0
Johnny CarsonI want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian. Votes: 0
Sam KinisonI was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second. Votes: 0
Jack DeeI'm glad I'm a comedian. Otherwise, my life would just be a series of undocumented low points. Votes: 0
Kyle KinaneMy interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with. Votes: 0
Gary McCordA comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious. Votes: 0
Will RogersI'm not a comedian, but I love the comedians who know when to get off the stage. Votes: 0
Topher GraceI better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes. Votes: 0
Felipe EsparzaOnce you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you. Votes: 0
Aziz AnsariI'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent. Votes: 0
Jim GaffiganI love music. I've always wanted to do music, even when I started out as a comedian. Votes: 0
Jamie FoxxI started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up. Votes: 0
Stephanie MillerAs a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit. Votes: 0
Kevin NealonThey all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now. Votes: 0
Bob MonkhouseI think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure. Votes: 0
Leila JosefowiczA comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny. Votes: 0
Bobby DarinThe role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form. Votes: 0
Bill HicksTo me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet. Votes: 0
Dick GregoryTo tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor. Votes: 0
Artie LangeIâm a ridiculous person. If you take anything any comedian says seriously, then youâre stupid. Votes: 0
Chelsea HandlerI'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff. Votes: 0
Morgan FreemanThe first thing any comedian does on getting an unscheduled laugh is to verify the state of his . Votes: 0
W. C. FieldsA comedian's a comedian. They're a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that's why I like them. Votes: 0
Graham NortonI've never tried to pass myself off as anything more than a comedian who wrote a dating book. Votes: 0
Greg BehrendtI like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny. Votes: 0
Anthony JeselnikMany comedians - both male and female - do have an "I will never date another comedian" rule. Votes: 0
Chris GethardIf you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian. Votes: 0
Rodney DangerfieldAs a comedian I appreciate every kind of comedy. You decide for yourself what you're going to do. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyWithout the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian. Votes: 0
George CarlinBeing a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy. Votes: 0
Aziz AnsariSomeone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist. Votes: 0
George BurnsIâm a comedian who got into movies, so I donât really think of myself as an actor. Votes: 0
Eddie MurphyA comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things. Votes: 0
Jeff DunhamI'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say. Votes: 0
Anthony JeselnikI realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes. Votes: 0
John OliverOh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. Votes: 0
Michael GambonI was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22. Votes: 0
Samm LevineIf I want to keep working as an actor, I'm going to become a comedian who does fart jokes. Votes: 0
Peter SarsgaardAm I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers. Votes: 0
Dave AllenIf Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he'd be a big star. Votes: 0
Jay LenoI never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage. Votes: 0
Penn JilletteI have not moved out of the comedian's box into the news box. The news box is moving towards me. Votes: 0
Jon StewartI never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance. Votes: 0
Rita HayworthI wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy. Votes: 0
Gabriel IglesiasI told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now Votes: 0
Bob MonkhouseOne of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoI come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor. Votes: 0
Patrick HuardA comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny. Votes: 0
Chuck JonesLouis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off. Votes: 0
Ted AlexandroI wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian. Votes: 0
Drew CareyBeing a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em. Votes: 0
Flip WilsonIf you want to be a comedian, go out. Do a week in Des Moines, Iowa. Try to make those people laugh. Votes: 0
Nick SwardsonIf Mandela were a comedian, I bet he would never get mad at a heckler, he'd give him or her a hug. Votes: 0
GodfreyI never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I'm able to compete in? Votes: 2 Mindy Kaling