#comedian

If you're billed as a comedian, people will accept anything you say as light-hearted and not with intent behind it. ↗

— Megan Fox

#anything #behind #billed #comedian #intent

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 test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#comedian #him #his #laugh #mouth

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

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#ever #every #how #i #influenced

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#clean #comedians #decided #decision #early

Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#blind #buddy #career #career choice #choice