I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.
I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.
Sometimes I don't want to go out and socialize; I just want to watch my favorite shows and comedians. But then I have to remember that it is important to participate in life if you want to portray real life on screen.
As comedians, we have the opportunity to convey a message that will have an effect. The best can make you laugh and cry, the way musicians and actors can.
Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.
By elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L. A. ' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.
It takes many years to be a great comedian.
For stand-up comedians that go onstage and get to write and perform and direct, and do all these things, the allure of a television show is still there but if it doesn't offer a level of creative fulfillment, it's oddly unappealing.
I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.
Louis CK went from a writercomedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.
A lot of the comedians don't even tell the joke. Like only three tell the joke, the rest of them dissect it.
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.
Ive been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.
I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of other comedy.
I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread.
You get to a certain point, especially if you're a comedian, where people think certain things. It's like, I don't take the time to explain it to people, it's just part of what I do.
I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
I could never be a professional comedian, 'cause you have to keep telling the same jokes. For me, they're like word solos.