#median

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#flip #i #i think #think #wilson

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian. ↗

— Larry David

#comedian #great #i #interested #living

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#i #probably #teacher #weren #would

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#comedian #comedy #father #figure #funny

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not. ↗

— James Lipton

#busy #comedians #funny #laugh #too

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

Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#antenna #attention #because #comedians #never

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#existing #fun #job #make #our

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#background #comedian #environment #family #family background