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Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.
With most specials, even the best comedians will tell you they could have cut 15 or 20 minutes out of it.
There's a lot of theaters in New York. You can always go out and be around a lot of like-minded comedians.
Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.
I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.
No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'
That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
Pakistan hasn't been cast in the role of... interesting cultural place or, you know, land of great comedians.
Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.
Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever?
Like most comedians, I have crippling low self-esteem, so I always think that what I've just done is rubbish.
Stand-up comedians have a very important relationship to Twitter. For them, it's a place to try out material.
My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go.
The one thing that's depressing as a comedian to realize is that rock stars get groupies, and comedians don't.
I don't think you get a lot of comedians who are homeopaths. Comedy is essentially about not being hoodwinked.
I try not to listen to the other comedians performing before me because they will probably be funnier than me.
I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.
It's interesting to talk to young comedians. I love it because it makes me go, 'Oh, that's how I can be funny.'
There should be comedians who perform only for robots - I'm saying human comedians that only perform for robots.
Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you.
I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place.
My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.
Everybody kind of looks to comedians and comedy for relief and a fresh breath about what is going on in the world.
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.
I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.
I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy.
The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.
There's an elusive element to comedy, but nobody gets it for free. That's why comedians seldom criticise each other.
Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible.
I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.
I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.
Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.
I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.'
Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.
If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on in my career.
In Telugu, there can be ten comedians in one film and everyone gets along, without feeling intimidated or marginalised.
People complain about Hollywood comedians, but I feel like I selected a tremendous group, ones who aren't fame-obsessed.
Most actors can't write. Most writers can't act. Most comedians can't act. I can do all three, so why wouldn't I do that?
Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.
People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.
When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
I try and avoid the big comics in Edinburgh. You can see them on tour. Edinburgh is all about seeing the smaller comedians.
Comics and actors come from such a wide variety of backgrounds and there's a theory that all comedians had tortured youths.
For many comedians, two common anxiety triggers include performing in front of family members and doing brand new material.
For 'Pariah,' people were surprised Kim Wayans was there, but comedians have a dark streak; they're comedians for a reason.
There are a lot of comedians that were bullied and picked on, and that's why they became comedians. Survival of the fittest.
I need wrong to get laughs. I need a normal world so that I can be abnormal, and that's my problem. Comedians need prejudice.