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My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
I left home to become a singer and didn't realise when I turned comedian.
I never saw myself as a comedian. I saw myself as a guy who can act funny.
I wanted to be a comedian long before I wanted to be a musician, for sure.
When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.
Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist.
The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.
I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.
With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.
I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.
Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.
I don't do one-liners, because you don't learn anything about that comedian.
Like every comedian, if I heard a joke that I thought would work, I used it.
I don't really consider myself an actor, and I don't know if I'm a comedian.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.
Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
Every comedian wants to play the London Comedy Store, and I was no exception.
I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.
Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.
I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation.
I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.
It's a letdown if the comedian doesn't finally actually really sit on his hat.
I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.
Well, I was lost but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament!
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion.
Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.
As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.
I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.
Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world.
I'm a very observational type of comedian that points out everyday absurdities.
Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.
Chihuahua. There's a waste of dog food. Looks like a dog that is still far away.
[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost.
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.
I’m not a comedian, but I love the comedians who know when to get off the stage.
I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.
I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal.
I've often thought I'm a short music hall comedian stuck in a leading man's body.
To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.
My daughter Fathima is a bigger comedian than me. She makes me laugh all the time.
I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.
I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.
The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry
Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.