#comedy

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. ↗

— Fred Allen

#been #comedian #comedy #compelled #compete

My day jobs... I knew I was bad at those, so I didn't really have the confidence to think that I could do comedy. But I knew I hated the day jobs. ↗

— Dave Attell

#comedy #confidence #could #day #hated

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#energy #focus #hard #hitting #like

I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year. ↗

— Todd Barry

#again #basically #booked #comedy #did

I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage. ↗

— Todd Barry

#comedy #comic #could #decide #during

People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people. ↗

— Todd Barry

#certain #certain extent #comedy #extent #i

The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#community #doing #each #friendly #i

You can't always go by the book, even in comedy. ↗

— Alan Bates

#book #comedy #even #go #you

My theory is that comedy comes from little people. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#comes #little #little people #people #theory

Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith. ↗