Comedian John Caparulo Quotes

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it. ~ John Leguizamo

It really helps a comedian to be an outsider. ~ John Oliver

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being. ~ John Oliver

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions. ~ John Podhoretz

I was definitely prepared for it to be slower, and it has not worked out that way in any shape or form. I'm grateful as a comedian, and slightly demoralized, occasionally, as a human being - those two things are always very different. ~ John Oliver

Black comics, they only watch Black comedians. You're a comedian; you're not just a Black comedian. You're a comedian. I try to get that through to everybody. ~ Chris Rock

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. ~ Eddie Murphy

I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now ~ Bob Monkhouse

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian. ~ Jonah Hill

A comedian's a comedian. They're a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that's why I like them. ~ Graham Norton

I have a funny sense of humor. If I was a comedian and I was up on stage, people would think that's funny, because I'm a funny comedian. I'm an entertainer. ~ Lil B

You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian. ~ Terry Jones

In my first stand-up acts there wasn't material even. You know, I'd go on stage and cry and read a Dear John letter or gut fish on stage. I could be odd - and it's what interested me as a comedian. ~ Bobcat Goldthwait

Well, what do you expect? The Comedian is dead. ~ Alan Moore

I didn't really want to be a comedian. ~ Allan Carr

I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade. ~ Miranda Hart

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

It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat. ~ Kingsley Amis

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

I'm more of an older school comedian so Tommy Davidson still makes me laugh a lot no matter how many times I've heard his jokes or not. He's just an animated comedian that I don't mind seeing over and over again. ~ Joe Torry

I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian. ~ Steven Michael Quezada

If you get too well-known, you can never be a comedian's comedian, it just won't sit well. But I'm fine with that. I'm fine with that label. ~ Eddie Izzard

George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live. ~ Denis Leary

I considered myself a professional comedian because the club would pay me $20. ~ Tom Green

I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s. ~ Mark Billingham

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

The mark of a poor comedian is not making the other person laugh. The mark of a worse comedian is asking if the person got it. ~ Weike Wang

I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving. ~ Ted Alexandro

Being a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it. ~ Franklyn Ajaye

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22. ~ Samm Levine

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know? ~ Liam Neeson

Frank Fay [...] became renowned as the first of the great comic emcees - and in many minds the first stand-up comedian. ~ Kliph Nesteroff

My goal is just to become a better comedian. ~ Ron White

If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian. ~ Rodney Dangerfield

I could never be a professional comedian, 'cause you have to keep telling the same jokes. For me, they're like word solos. ~ Robyn Hitchcock

I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor. ~ Patrick Huard

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. ~ Dennis Miller

I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22. ~ Jenny Slate

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian. ~ Chris Tucker

I'm a physical comedian, and I don't get to show it off very often. ~ Elizabeth Banks

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously. ~ Barry Humphries

A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal. ~ Fred Allen

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian. ~ Sam Kinison

I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays. ~ Sam Kinison

My job as a comedian is to heighten awareness about locally grown produce, fight factory farming, and promote euthanasia, but in a funny way. ~ Dov Davidoff

I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And with films, it's here today, gone tomorrow. So stand-up comedy is here to stay for me. ~ Vir Das

Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off. ~ Ted Alexandro

Without the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian. ~ George Carlin

There are few lonelier sights than a good comedian being funny in a movie that doesn't know what funny is. ~ Roger Ebert

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian. ~ Andrea Martin

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian. ~ George Lindsey

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO. ~ Dave Chappelle

Yes, I'm known as America's most genuine comedian. ~ Eugene Mirman

I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it. ~ Jamie Foxx

By watching the great, old comedians I picked up a few tricks about how to do physical comedy. And whenever I could learn something, I sort of added that to my repertoire. ~ John Cleese

I'm a goofball and a comedian ~ Kid Cudi

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny. ~ Maya Rudolph

I think there is a weird loneliness that comes with being a comedian. There is something definitely inside the personality of a person who wants to be a comedian, and (he or she) is looking to connect (to the audience) at all times. ~ Chris Gethard

I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool. ~ Cheyenne Kimball

Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist. ~ Nick Kroll

It takes many years to be a great comedian. ~ Don Rickles

The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet. ~ Jo Brand

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

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated. ~ Louie Anderson

The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian. ~ Nick Swardson

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits. ~ Donald Glover

Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh. ~ Ted Alexandro

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners. ~ Camille Paglia

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

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense. ~ Alan Moore

A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny. ~ Buster Keaton

Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes. ~ Bill Burr

[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost. ~ Keegan-Michael Key

You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard. ~ Anthony Anderson

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

I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything. ~ Jordan Peele

I'm a standup comedian, so I need people. ~ Chelsea Handler

Seth Meyers is highly overrated as a comedian. ~ Donald Trump

When you're a comedian, you're just by yourself. ~ Maria Bamford

I don't think I was a good comedian. ~ Brigitte Bardot

The first thing any comedian does on getting an unscheduled laugh is to verify the state of his . ~ W.C. Fields

A stand-up comedian will never be the life of a party. Instead, he will be the guy who is standing at a corner and observing people. ~ Vir Das

I love it when artists talk about process! I love the movie Comedian. ~ Rachel Zucker

Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles. ~ Taron Egerton

I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it. ~ Steven Wright

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

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you. ~ Aziz Ansari

I've been doing comedies but I'm not a comedian. ~ Seann William Scott

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one. ~ Rowan Atkinson

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian. ~ Drew Carey

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. ~ Michael Gambon

One of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat. ~ Margaret Cho

As a comedian I appreciate every kind of comedy. You decide for yourself what you're going to do. ~ Jeff Foxworthy

I'm not a comedian, I'm an actor. ~ Chris Diamantopoulos

When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever. ~ Hannibal Buress

I'm not a comedian, but I love the comedians who know when to get off the stage. ~ Topher Grace

I'm kind of the antithesis of a comedian. People that don't like me will agree with that. ~ Frank Caliendo

Everyone thinks I'm a comedian - which I am and are. I was born into a comedic family but I'm trained as an actor. ~ Marlon Wayans

Whenever I go on a show with a comedian I just counter punch. ~ Bill O'Reilly

What do you call a comedian who runs for president? A trump card. ~ Michael R. Burch