Comedian Quotes - Page 35

• Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

  George Carlin

  Fun, Sleep, Years

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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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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• I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Mean, People, Want

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

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• Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Goal, Tvs, Enough

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

  Christopher Guest

  America, Favourite, Peter

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I think of myself, I'm definitely... I'm not like a comedian.

  Dave Franco

  Thinking

  "Dave Franco 21 JUMP STREET Set Visit Interview". Interview with Brendan Bettinger, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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• Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

  David Walliams

  Believe, Successful, World

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

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• As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.

  Judah Friedlander

  Real, Thinking, Needs

  "'30 Rock's' Judah Friedlander: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me" by Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 12, 2012.

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• With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

  Colin Quinn

  Laughing, Understanding, Trying

  Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. August 31, 2010.

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• That’s the beauty of being a comedian: it’s the one job you’re allowed to do that. We’re lucky. We’re really lucky.

  Colin Quinn

  Jobs, Lucky

  "Colin Quinn On Brad Pitt, Herman Cain, Comedy And Twitter". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 5, 2011.

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• I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians.

  Amy Poehler

  Drama, Mean, Musician

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• A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.

  Piero Scaruffi

  World, Telling The Truth, Truth Is

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• I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Opposites, Parent, Lifestyle

  "'Fat' Dad Jim Gaffigan On Kids, Comedy And Apartment Living". "Weekend Edition" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. May 2, 2013.

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• One can always lament, you know — but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the great tragedian should also be a great comedian.

  Martha Graham

  Laughing, Faces, Should

  "Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance". archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Thinking, Seeing

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• Comedians and Feminists... are natural enemies, because stereotypically-speaking, feminists can't take a joke and... comedians can't take criticism.

  Louis C. K.

  Feminist, Enemy, Criticism

  "Yes, I Did Say That!", www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 17, 2012.

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• A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I can't prescribe medicine. (You still need a doctorate, which is bullshit.) Okay, so I'm not like a psychiatrist. Fine. But I'm still like a psychologist (except I can't diagnose or treat mental illness).

  Eugene Mirman

  Medicine, Bullshit, Different

  Eugene Mirman (2009). “The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road, saying I was a 'comedienne,' the tears rolled down my cheeks. I thought comedians had to have black on their faces, or red beards.

  Dorothy Gish

  Mother, Black, Tears

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

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• I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian family, so food was always front and center in my life. I was a food obsessed person who morphed into a comedian and tried to figure out a way to make fun of my cake and eat it too.

  Nadia Giosia

  Fun, Italian, Cake

  "World Chefs: No-nonsense food with a pinch of punk". Interview with Dorene Internicola, www.reuters.com. August 16, 2011.

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• I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.

  Bo Burnham

  Thinking, Generosity, Support

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• Appurv Gupta brings you a unique point of view that no other comedian in India does. Well worth a watch.

  Papa CJ

  Unique, Views, India

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