#median

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#becoming #comedian #i #me #new

That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#beauty #being #comedian #job #lucky

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#get #laughs #trying #understanding #you

To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. ↗

— Don Rickles

#different #doing #first #guy #i

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse. ↗

— Chris Rock

#bill #comedian #cosby #curse #exposed

Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy. ↗

— Chris Rock

#enjoying #fair #funny #funny guy #get

Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#career #comedian #did #got #great

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes. ↗

— Jack Dee

#between #comedian #gets #great #his

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#credibility #i

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#get #humor #laughs #sure #swear