Pekto Comedian Quotes

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

The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't - whichever seems likelier to win an effect. ~ John Updike

I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans. ~ Mike Birbiglia

It's a great time to be a comedian because you've got so much more control. You can say what you want to. I think in the old days with the studio system the performer was a bit of an afterthought. You can be a wildcard on the internet. But if you put something on the internet once it's out there it's out there for life. ~ Bill Burr

There's this other world where all comedians want to do is make funny videos. Typically what's happened in the past is that a comedian gets a standup career and over the course of 20 years builds it up to the point where Comedy Central gives them a sketch show. ~ Gavin McInnes

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

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes. ~ Paul Rudd

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

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

Comedians ... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious. ~ Sharon Horgan

But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me. ~ Jean Reno

It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo ... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey. ~ Jon Stewart

No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy, and you are being worshiped like the false idol you are, how do you leave the stage and transition back into real life? ... What is there left to do but set yourself on fire? ~ Margaret Cho

In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think they can go together really well and really thoughtfully. But, I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing to watch. ~ Sarah Silverman

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist. ~ Kathy Griffin

I'm not very big on politics. I'm a comedian and not that smart. I don't have the mind capacity for it. ~ Bobby Moynihan

I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo. ~ Gabriel Iglesias

Maybe it's because I come from a very utopian world of being a comedian, but I'm used to many live comedy performances going on in any city I'm in, and each of us is trying to be the best at what we do. I don't think of it as a competition so much as a thriving comedy economy. ~ Trevor Noah

I became a guy who wanted to be a comedian someday, or a comic actor. The way I put it was, I'll be like Danny Kaye. He was kind of the model I had in mind. ~ George Carlin

I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian. ~ Will Durst

When I was a kid watching comedians on TV and listening to their records they were the only ones that could make it all seem okay. They seemed to cut through the bullshit and disarm fears and horror by being clever and funny. I don't think I could have survived my childhood without watching stand-up comics. When I started doing comedy I didn't understand show business. I just wanted to be a comedian. Now, after twenty-five years of doing stand-up and the last two years of having long conversations with over two hundred comics I can honestly say they are some of the most thoughtful, philosophical, open-minded, sensitive, insightful, talented, self-centred, neurotic, compulsive, angry, fucked-up, sweet, creative people in the world. ~ Marc Maron

In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it. ~ Billy Crystal

I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes. ~ Stephen Colbert

Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy. ~ Aziz Ansari

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine. ~ Artie Lange

Comedians are people who say funny things, and comics are people who say things funny. ~ Staton Rabin

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

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

As a comedian, I have the gift of looking at something a bit differently and making it funny. I'm not sure why I can do that, but that's as simple as I can put it. ~ Henry Cho

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

I don't appreciate people who celebrate their dog's birthdays with "dog parties," and then invite their friends who don't even have dogs. I understand why people like dogs, and I think they definitely bring more to the table than cats or those godforsaken ferrets, but I don't think it's healthy for people to treat their dogs like they are real people. ~ Chelsea Handler

My first films were comedy, 'Murder By Death,' and 'The Cheap Detective.' But now they won't think of me as a comedian. Now, they think of me as a bad guy, and I can't do comedy. ~ James Cromwell

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe. ~ Margaret Cho

I think British humour is very cruel, and gay humour is very cruel. I think the two go hand-in-hand and that's why they mix so well in England. I think that's why you get so many gay comedians in England that are accepted so well because British humour is very cruel. I love it. ~ Jason Sellards

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

Comedians have a tendency to have a limited range, they tend to do one thing and do it very well, but it's limited. ~ Woody Allen

If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll. ~ Rhys Darby

When I think of myself, I'm definitely ... I'm not like a comedian. ~ Dave Franco