Shrivastav Comedian Quotes

Nite Owl II: But the country's disintegrating. What's happened to America? What's happened to the American dream?
The Comedian: It came true. You're lookin' at it. ~ Alan Moore

Meal isn't over when I'm full. Meal's over when I hate myself. ~ Patton Oswalt

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

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

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons. ~ Julie Brown

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 find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread. ~ Mitch Hedberg

Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians. ~ Andrew Mayne

I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we do are. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

That's what it's like to be a comedian. You basically stand and stare at the world and hope it craps out cause that's a good year for you. So that's not a pleasant feeling. ~ Jon Stewart

I never felt like I was stealing anyone's fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love. ~ Bo Burnham

Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!' ~ Charlie Parker

I'm a comedian at the beginning and the end of the day. I'm not affiliated with any campaign, nor do I generally find politics interesting enough to plan to be involved. ~ Rob Delaney

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

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian.' But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I'll always want to pursue. ~ Bo Burnham

And as Craig Brown - he's an English humorist, not a comedian but he's just a writer and humorist - I'm quite a fan of. I heard him talking in a rather similar way on the radio. He said I'm the sort of person - I can't remember exactly what he said, but it was rather interesting - he said I'm the sort of person that can be reduced to tears in an empty church and feel like I'm the CEO of the Devil's organization in a full one, and I tend to feel like that as well. I love empty churches and going into them looking around, but I'm not a churchgoer at all. ~ Nick Lowe

I don't consider myself a political comedian because it's so hard. It takes time away from me saying terrible things about TV. ~ Andy Kindler

The best-laid plans of mice and comedians usually wind up on the cutting-room floor. ~ Jon Stewart

For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: 'I'll say anything, man!'. I'm not quite there yet. ~ Bo Burnham

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second. ~ Jack Dee

A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere. ~ Allan Carr

The skill of a good actor is to make it always seem like you're in that fantastically spontaneous moment. Very often, a stand-up comedian has a different instinct, which is to reinvent. Once you've laid down some material, and made them laugh, you move on and find some new material. ~ Colin Firth

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure. ~ Leila Josefowicz

I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

I've never tried to pass myself off as anything more than a comedian who wrote a dating book. ~ Greg Behrendt

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

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

Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress. ~ Al Franken

I always say that comedians and actors were all kind of shy when they were young. I was very, believe it or not, kind of embarrassed as a child. But my mother was a very strong lady and she was the one that kept it going when I thought it would be over for me as a performer. She was always my inspiration and she was a big influence on me. ~ Don Rickles

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do. ~ Louis C.K.

I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn't know how else to get off, so I danced off. I've been dancing ever since, but I'm still a comedian. ~ Ray Bolger

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things. ~ Aries Spears

Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things you can say, "Can I yo-yo? Can I juggle?" Usually you have a pretty small window in which to get your answer. Stand-up is different. You can't do stand-up for one night and say, "Am I a funny stand-up comedian?" In two months or two years you'll start to realize it. ~ Demetri Martin

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 for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression. ~ Russell Peters

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

I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny. ~ Kevin Dillon

The best part is just having a partner. There is no real worst part. I'm not going to say there's a worst part. I mean I'm a comedian - comedians like to work alone. So maybe I'm not the ideal guy to be married to, in that sense. ~ Chris Rock