#comedian

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story. ↗

— Bob Newhart

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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

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I'm attracted to working with comedians because they don't have that stars' idea of what a hero should be. The downside is they're always addressing the camera too much. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#always #attracted #because #camera #comedians

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

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The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we were kind of purists at the time, and we didn't want any comedians. ↗

— David Zucker

#attendant #because #comedians #gas #gas station

I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker. ↗

— Peter Baynham

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The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh. ↗

— Leslie Nielsen

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Whenever I go on a show with a comedian I just counter punch. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

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It's 103 comedians, or however many it is, and how would everyone tell it. It's enough people of substance that it makes you think of the people who aren't there that are alive. ↗

— Bob Saget

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The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

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