Comedians take a neat situation and turn it into a mess. And in my books I do the same thing, but it's the other way around. I like to mess around with mess. A mess is only a mess because someone tells you it is. Ursus Wehrli bookcomedianmes share on social
Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other. David Steinberg comedianjazzmusician Change image and share on social
Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career. Chris Rock careercomediancomfort Change image and share on social
Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious. Sharon Horgan actorcomediancreate Change image and share on social
Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do. Steve Harvey changecomediancrowd Change image and share on social
Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them. Jake Kasdan comediandayfun Change image and share on social
Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine. Like, if Jerry Seinfeld wasn't funny, you'd want to punch him in the face; he'd just seem like a whiner to you. But the fact is that he's funny. Artie Lange comedianfacefact share on social
Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo? Rob Delaney brandcapableclever Change image and share on social
Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better. Louis C. K. actorcomedianfeel share on social
Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun. Teller comedicallyfungreat Change image and share on social