Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.
Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.
For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results.
It's 103 comedians, or however many it is, and how would everyone tell it. It's enough people of substance that it makes you think of the people who aren't there that are alive.
When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that.
Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.
Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.
My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of the population. But oh, how they try.
If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.
If you’re a comedian undergoing brain surgery, I assume you're not permitted to be conscious during the procedure, for your own safety.
I wish I had the guts and talent to be a good comedian. I love the idea of it, yet I'm terrified of it. I'd also love to play music in front of people.
I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.
Edward Blake: Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
Sally Jupiter: Things are tough all over, cupcake. It rains on the just and unjust alike. The Comedian was a little bit of both.
Rorschach: A Comedian died last night, and nobody cares. Nobody cares but me.
Adrian Veidt: For someone that calls himself The Comedian, I can never tell when you're joking.
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung out in cliques, and it's very hard to get accepted; lots of competition.
Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute, the vicar read out one of Fred's jokes, and the congregation had two minutes silence.
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers.
