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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.
Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.
I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.'
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.
I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, 'This is what it is. This is unfair; that's not cool.'
In Telugu, there can be ten comedians in one film and everyone gets along, without feeling intimidated or marginalised.
If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.
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?
I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians.
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.
Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.
Comedians have to challenge the power. Comedians should be dangerous and devastating - and funny. That's the hardest part.
For many comedians, two common anxiety triggers include performing in front of family members and doing brand new material.
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.
When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.
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.
The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media.
Bits are fake conversations comedians have because they are uncomfortable being vulnerable with other human beings in any way.
It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
As a kid, I remember wearing a checkered suit and appearing on-stage in the routines worked out by the 'baggy pants' comedians.
If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.
Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
There's a mixture of pride and self-loathing in Jewish female comedians that I've always admired and wanted to bring into Jinkx.
When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.
Comedians really are like a species. That's not to be exclusive. Anyone can kind of become one. You have to pay your dues, though.
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
We are tagged as comedians, villains, etc. but those are just character traits of a role and there is no need for differentiation.
Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.
Comedians want honest discussion because it affects us. We make our living talking, so anything around language affects us greatly.
I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.
I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held me back.
When I did 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' I think it was accepted that comedians can contest the arguments just as well as journalists.
We're not scientific comedians, thinking like, 'Things have moved on, we need to do this, we need to reflect the world in this way.'
Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.
I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.
Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful and just ready.
I would love to be a dad. There are plenty of comedians who have kids. But they're dads. Being a dad is so different from being a mom.
I knew nothing about professional comedians when I became a comedian. I was a rabbi. So I had no professional comedians to learn from.
Several of my uncles are comedians. My father is a comedian; my grandfather was known for his jokes. It definitely runs in the family.
I love radio and have done a little bit for years - since 'Workers' Playtime' in the 1950s. It's also a good springboard for comedians.
In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.
If comedians were truly free of repression, there would not be an inherent need to perform for the love of a roomful of total strangers.