#comedians

Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff. ↗

— Carl Reiner

#comedians #pencils #pens #really #riff

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#get #humor #laughs #sure #swear

The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#comedians #competitors #dancing #female #fewer

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

#ever #fun #have fun #i #just

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#appalled #comedians #comic #embarrassed #freddie

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#business #comedians #directors #grew #had

I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of obnoxious people. ↗

— Peter Cameron

#funny

Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You have to be willing to throw it all away. ↗

— John Belushi

#characters #comedians #fact #fall #fast

Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers. ↗

— Jack Black

#department #face #great #handicapped #looks

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#characters #comedians #famous #i #name