#median

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure. ↗

— Al Franken

#been #being #comedian #comedy #communicating

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#benefits #comedian #i #known #stuck

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

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

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know? ↗

— Liam Neeson

#i #know #trying #you

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#comedian #far #filters #his #how

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#audience #cares #character #comedian #his

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#discovered #get #greatest #hope #sitcom

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.' ↗

— Adam Clayton

#being #brought #class #class clown #clown

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#characters #comedians #famous #i #name