#median

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

When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#authority #authority figures #comedian #every #everyone

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

I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them. ↗

— Jack Dee

#comedians #feel #hang #i #i love

I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage. ↗

— Jack Dee

#amateur #anyone #comedian #conscious #good

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second. ↗

— Jack Dee

#almost #become #came #comedian #comedy

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me. ↗

— Jack Dee

#badly #become #comedians #failed #i

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ↗

— Voltaire

#audience #comedian #god #laugh #playing

Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God. ↗

— Russell Brand

#belongs #come #comedian #create #did

The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly. ↗

— Imogene Coca

#butterfly #comedians #essentially #hammer #most