Here's what I'm afraid of. I know a lot of comedians, friends of mine, who just got into the "Doesn't matter what I say. It doesn't matter. They're j….
I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that..
I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself..
What I like about stand-up is, it's truthful. I'm not up there trying to get laid or look cool. I'm up there because I really love it, and it makes p….
Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous..
I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad com….
But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do is stand there and take it..
Comedians are always going to be in the showbiz middle class, you're not Brad Pitt; you're never going to be Sam Rockwell or Shia LaBeouf or Leo DiCa….
My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett..
I don't have a lot of recreation time. I've always been under the assumption that if you're selling tickets you need to work. The kind of success tha….
When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and ex….
I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do..
I never had the confidence to say I was going to be in front of the camera as a comedian until I saw Eddie Murphy years later..
I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors ….
I think it's kind of crazy that we're still calling comedians "female comedians." That seems more like a sneak attack..
I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them..
I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian..
I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and a writer at SNL, I tell people that everythin….
Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist..
I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7..
I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today..