Comedian Quotes - Page 29

• So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian.

  Chris Tucker

  Girl, Clubs, Comedy

  "Chris Tucker earns, dreams big". Interview with Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. August 9, 2001.

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• I knew that drinking and doing stand-up was going to make me less of an effective comedian. And I just had a lot invested in wanting to be a really good comedian and so I stopped for that reason.

  Greg Fitzsimmons

  Drinking, Reason

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• I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like it is for a rock band.

  Eugene Mirman

  Guitar, Play, Rocks

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• The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal as someone like Marc Maron or a lot of comedians, but they are essentially my life and my interpretation of it.

  Eugene Mirman

  Stories, Truth Is, Interpretation

  "The Erudite Absurdist: Eugene Mirman". Interview with Austin Nelson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2011.

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• I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that.

  Bruce Bruce

  Doe, Affair, Currents

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• A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main reason he got into it is to do what he is doing now: film and television work.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Guy, Example, Film And Television

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• That's one thing about my shows. I tell people, I'm not a comedian, I'm just a really funny reporter. I put my life out there and make it entertaining. By putting it out there, it helps me to deal with it, you know, so I don't snap and so I don't go off the handle when I get home.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Home, People, Helping

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• I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Wanted, I Can, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It’s been a very old thing for people to gather together and laugh at stuff. The first comedian in America really was Abraham Lincoln. He used to go to a pub near where he lived and stand in front of the fire and he packed the place every night and he would just talk and bust everybody in their guts. He was just a hilarious speaker and that’s what he did.

  Louis C. K.

  Night, America, Fire

  "Quint chats with the Hilarious Louis C.K.!". Interview with Eric Vespe, www.aintitcool.com. January 31, 2010.

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• I wanted to be a comedian. I wanted to meet waitresses and felt that being a comedian was my best way to go about it and I was right.

  Dana Gould

  Way, Waitress, Wanted

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• A good competition for comedians would be where a comedian has a conversation and is then quizzed on what the other person says.

  Dana Gould

  Competition, Would Be, Conversation

  "10 hilarious tweets from the great Dana Gould" by Liana Maeby, uproxx.com. January 21, 2014.

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• As a comedian, as an entertainer, there's a lot of downtime. Once you can accept that comedy is a marathon, not a sprint, it gets a little easier.

  Iliza Shlesinger

  Acceptance, Downtime, Littles

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• I hate when comedians use Performed For The Troops as one of there credits before they go up on stage.

  Felipe Esparza

  Hate, Use, Credit

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• I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

  Felipe Esparza

  Mexico, Comedy, Translate

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• There are three goals for any comedian: to make a living as a comedian; I've been fortunate to do that. To make a name for yourself and to be famous would be great - because it would give me that freedom.

  Alonzo Bodden

  Names, Giving, Goal

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• I pride myself on never using a cuss word on stage. Ever. I headline in Las Vegas every year, and this summer I am performing on an Alaskan cruise. Not too many comedians can pull that off. Funny thing is, my show doesn't change for Vegas.

  Henry Cho

  Summer, Pride, Vegas

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• Comedy today is definitely skewed to the filthy side, but it's not as hard today as I am more mature as a comedian and a person. I'm a grown up now doing a kid's job. Being a more mature Christian these days makes it easier than when I first started. Now I get to do shows of my choosing and a lot of folks attending the shows know my work and expect a clean show.

  Henry Cho

  Christian, Jobs, Kids

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• I sometimes throw in a couple of swears just to keep the Christian right off my tail. I wouldn't want to be the tea party's go-to comedian.

  Gary Gulman

  Christian, Couple, Party

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• With basketball, if a guy is having an off night you still can say he's a good athlete. But with a comedian, you see them in front of the wrong audience - and they can look like complete amateurs. It's remarkable.

  Gary Gulman

  Basketball, Athlete, Night

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• I don't consider myself a stand-up comedian. I consider myself a performer; a comic as opposed to stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedians stand there and do their bits; I break every rule in creation. If there's a rule that can be broken in stand-up, I'll do it.

  J. B. Smoove

  Broken, Creation, Break

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• I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I make sense out of ridiculous situations, but in the end, it's all about laughter. It's all about your cheek hurting, your stomach hurting.

  Carlos Mencia

  Hurt, Laughter, Cancer

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• What I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes.

  Carlos Mencia

  Stupid, Sophisticated, Jokes

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• An offended audience member repeating a comedian's act from memory is worse than, literally, anything.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Memories, Members, Audience

  Twitter post from Jul 11, 2012

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• Yes, I'm known as America's most genuine comedian.

  Eugene Mirman

  America, Genuine, Known

  "The Erudite Absurdist: Eugene Mirman". Interview with Austin Nelson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2011.

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• I don't really consider myself to be a comedian. I mean, it's not like I'm sitting around writing jokes or anything. I just like dressing up and pretending to be other people.

  Amy Sedaris

  Writing, Mean, Dressing Up

  Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. January 7, 2009.

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