I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up..
I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny..
I spent 25 years as a stand-up comedian..
Outside of performing, (a comedian) is someone who is analyzing life, thinking about it and trying to be observing so much. In my opinion, it can mak….
I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion..
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 ….
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..
I paid attention to not being a comedian, and just concentrated on being who I was. That is what you have to do. If you say you are a comedian that h….
Nobody really wants to be a stand-up, they want to get on TV..
I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian..
I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do w….
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 ….
Congress is furious at the Secret Service for consorting with hookers, which has traditionally been Congress's role..
I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I….
Though part of me had always wanted to be a comedian, another part of me had always wanted to be Bryant Gumbel or Dan Rather..
I didn't really want to be a comedian..
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better….
Comedians and jazz musicians have been more comforting and enlightening to me than preachers or politicians or philosophers or poets or painters or n….
What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics..
I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor..
I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike..