Comedian Quotes - Page 19

• I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles per hour. The harmonica sounds amazing.

  Steven Wright

  Car, Sound, Hours

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• I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian.

  Colin Firth

  Thinking, Often Is, Difficult

  "St Trinian's - Colin Firth interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Most comedians want to be the architect of their own embarrassment. They have horrible self-esteem issues. I would rather push myself into the mud. I don't want to be pushed into the mud. I think that is probably true. I think most people struggle with self-acceptance. But comedians get a chance to self externalize.

  Mike Myers

  Self Esteem, Struggle, Acceptance

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Sometimes I don't want to go out and socialize; I just want to watch my favorite shows and comedians. But then I have to remember that it is important to participate in life if you want to portray real life on screen.

  Josh Peck

  Real, Important, Watches

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

  Judd Apatow

  Rest Of Your Life, Bad Movies, Mock

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 30, 2009.

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• My problem with being in New York City is that you really can't make a living as a comedian. You can, but you have to also take writing jobs, which means less stage time.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Jobs, New York, Mean

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. November 11, 2008.

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• Jewish comedians do the best Jewish jokes, and anyone else doing that, they don't have a right to, because they're not coming from that experience. I know that's a slightly heightened example, but it's the same thing. We're bumpkins, so we can make bumpkin jokes.

  Simon Pegg

  Example, Do The Best, Jokes

  "Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright of Hot Fuzz". Interview with Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. April 18, 2007.

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• You get to a certain point, especially if you're a comedian, where people think certain things. It's like, I don't take the time to explain it to people, it's just part of what I do.

  Denis Leary

  Thinking, People, Certain

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2005.

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• You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of them were very funny, but there's nothing worse than watching comedians or musicians who are up there and are doing something they're not interested in.

  Patton Oswalt

  Guy, Musician, Saws

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. August 26, 2009.

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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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• 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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• I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

  Kristen Wiig

  Acting, Film, Dramatic

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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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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• 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 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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• Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

  Groucho Marx

  Precious Stones, Gold, World

  Groucho Marx (2009). “Groucho And Me”, p.69, Da Capo Press

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• I think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do anything to be liked... and comedians are always talking about politics.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Thinking, Talking, Groups

  "New role for 'Daily Show' reporter". Interview with Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. May 8, 2009.

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• Working in comedies is not something I set out to do. But, I love it. I've taken some improv classes here and there, but I don't consider myself a comedian by any means.

  Erick Chavarria

  Taken, Mean, Class

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• I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.

  Laura Benanti

  Writing, Video, Done

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• It's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.

  Jane Levy

  Comedy, Hard

  Source: deadline.com

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• What do you call a comedian who runs for president? A trump card.

  Michael R. Burch

  Running, President, Cards

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• Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, Night, President

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• People who become comedians… come from pain, come from conflict.

  Harvey Korman

  Pain, People, Conflict

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• I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.'

  Carrot Top

  Thinking, People, Wish

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• When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement.

  Carrot Top

  Rocks, Enthusiasm, Excitement

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