#comedian

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#comedian #deny #denying #hilarious #i

The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming. ↗

— Marc Maron

#comedians #create #created #demand #easy

Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like... after "I love you"... or "You're going to live"... or "It's a boy! ↗

— Demetri Martin

#comedy #equivocation #funny #humor #funny

But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do is stand there and take it. ↗

— Jay Mohr

#comedian #i #kind #like #off

Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#blind #buddy #career #career choice #choice

Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early. ↗

— Doug Stanhope

#doug #stanhope #life

The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent. ↗

— Pat Morita

#idea #japanese #non-existent #only #rarity

The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh. ↗

— Leslie Nielsen

#comedian #comedy #doing #get #going

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things. ↗

— Aries Spears

#comedian #could #everyday #everyone #exaggeration

I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian. ↗

— Will Durst

#course #glad #i #president #professional