Comedians Quotes

There are a couple of images I really love in this movie. One is crossing into Pakistan illegally to see a group of guys who ordinarily you'd think would want to kill you, but they want to be stand-up comedians. - Albert Brooks

The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants. - Woody Allen

The way that he feels about Johnny Carson is the way that all of us, the comedians of our era, feel about him. - Jon Stewart

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job. - Jimmy Carr

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry. - Martin Landau

The Perrier is about helping to discover new talent... In years to come, this generation of young comedians who are stepping into the spotlight will be setting the heather alight. - Nica Burns

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off. - Alexei Sayle

The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we were kind of purists at the time, and we didn't want any comedians. - David Zucker