Comedian Quotes - Page 3

• The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

  George Jean Nathan

  Funny, Real, Humor

  American Mercury, Sept. 1929

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• You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.

  Anthony Anderson

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

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• Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

  Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

  Humor, Actors, Imitation

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• I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians.

  Patton Oswalt

  Mean, Ponds, Late

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• Call me a dreamer, but I think it would be great if getting medical attention were as easy as getting a gun.

  Andy Borowitz

  Gun, Thinking, Medicine

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Jun 28, 2012

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• Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

  John Ratzenberger

  Humor, Laughing, Use

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• I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

  Denis Norden

  Writing, People, Challenges

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• The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry

  Martin Landau

  Real, Laughing, Cry

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• I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

  Shelley Berman

  Actors, Becoming

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

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• I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

  Bob Newhart

  Way, Saws, Comedy

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• My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Running, Country, Grandfather

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• My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

  Steve Buscemi

  Sitcom

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• Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.

  Joe Rogan

  Hurt, Hunger Strike, Careers

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• I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.

  Todd Barry

  People, Want, Astronaut

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• They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

  Mike Judge

  Humor, Giving, Laughing

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• It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing

  Harvey Pekar

  Novelists, Doing Me, Stand Up Comedian

  Harvey Pekar, Michael Rhode (2008). “Harvey Pekar: Conversations”, p.104, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

  Shelley Berman

  Important, Awareness

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

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• I didn't really want to be a comedian.

  Allen Carr

  Want

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• Comedians still make fun of Bill's out-of-control appetites, but with Hillary, the mockery is about how she lets nothing be out of control.

  Rich Lowry

  Fun, Bills, Appetite

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• Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.

  Steve Harvey

  Crowds, Drag, Momma

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• My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers.

  Pauly Shore

  Mom, Careers, Two

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• I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

  William Shatner

  Directors, Entertainers, Performers

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• I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.

  Lydia Lunch

  Thinking, Ethos, Lunch

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• Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.

  Joe Rogan

  Thinking, People, Soul

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• When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

  Susan Sarandon

  People, Comedy, Kind

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