|

|

Advertisements

Comedy Quotes

The crooks downtown figured out that comedy is like a hammer. It can put up a barn and it can knock down a wall. So they bought it outright and marketed it as Comedy Central Picture Quote #1

I’ve asked Comedy Central, and they just say, I don’t know. It took Showtime two years to put my special on DVD. Owning your own content is the single most important thing in the world Picture Quote #1

I can stand by a tweet. But Comedy Central said they couldn’t publicly support me, unless I deleted it. I wasn’t about to tell the people who work for me that they didn’t have jobs anymore because I wasn’t going to delete a stupid tweet Picture Quote #1

There’s this other world where all comedians want to do is make funny videos. Typically what’s happened in the past is that a comedian gets a standup career and over the course of 20 years builds it up to the point where Comedy Central gives them a sketch show Picture Quote #1

I think everybody has a point where they’re not going to cross that line. There were a couple of things with Comedy Central that we had to fight for. They were pretty cool about everything. I don’t think there was anything we really fought for that didn’t happen Picture Quote #1

Few years ago [Donald] Trump was being roasted by Comedy Central. They always have rules about things that you can’t joke about. Donald Trump’s rule at that time, the only thing that you couldn’t joke about was a suggestion that he has less money that he claimed to Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it’s just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been Picture Quote #1

I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I’d go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys Picture Quote #1

The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it Picture Quote #1

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it’s painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it’s extremely painful Picture Quote #1

Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don’t like something, they let you know - with silence Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don’t believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you’re trying material Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

There’s nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it’s going really well. I can see everybody’s face practically in the whole room. There’s no cameras in the way, and it’s just me Picture Quote #1

TV is easier: it’s all planned out for you and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over Picture Quote #1

I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins Picture Quote #1

With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody Picture Quote #1

I very rarely laugh. I remember I used to have a joy at comedy. I remember going to see Sean Lock for the first time live, just in some comedy club when I was 18, and again, just guttural, pure laughter. I didn’t know what he was doing; I couldn’t see the tricks Picture Quote #1

I think the process of ‘SNL’ is still pretty formal. You make an audition tape, your agent sends it in, they watch people’s tapes, and then they invite people to perform at a comedy club in Los Angeles or New York. But I don’t know how much actual scouting they do online Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I did a ‘Last Comic Standing’ audition in 2006, where you’re just performing for three people in a comedy club, in a big comedy club, and I remember them cutting me off, asking about my name in the middle of one of my jokes. Yeah, it’s just real weird when you’re doing stand-up in that type of sterile, unnatural setting Picture Quote #1

Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You’ve got to - you’ve got the human game preserve to play off of. And it’s a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you’re playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics Picture Quote #1

People don’t come to a comedy club simply to hear someone’s thoughts, no matter how profound Picture Quote #1

It’s depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material Picture Quote #1

I just don’t get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That’s where jokes happen Picture Quote #1

Entertainers Of Faith, funnyman Jim Gaffigan isn’t ashamed of his Catholicism. He’s seen here leaving a New York comedy club with his Bible in hand Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I took a job in a comedy club - not doing stand-up comedy, because that’s my idea of hell, but in the office - and I went traveling Picture Quote #1

If I’m not on tour, I can run down to the comedy club and do a little stand-up. If you’re an actor, you can’t go - I guess there’s forms of it Picture Quote #1

My dream is not Hollywood, but to perform my act in English to 30 people in a Soho comedy club, to show New Yorkers what they look like from the French point of view Picture Quote #1

So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian Picture Quote #1

I don’t really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it Picture Quote #1

I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it’s impossible and always was impossible to define Picture Quote #1

1 - 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 - 73

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

The crooks downtown figured out that comedy is like a hammer. It can put up a barn and it can knock down a wall. So they bought it outright and marketed it as Comedy Central. (Comedy Quotes) I’ve asked Comedy Central, and they just say, I don’t know. It took Showtime two years to put my special on DVD. Owning your own content is the single most important thing in the world. (Comedy Quotes) I can stand by a tweet. But Comedy Central said they couldn’t publicly support me, unless I deleted it. I wasn’t about to tell the people who work for me that they didn’t have jobs anymore because I wasn’t going to delete a stupid tweet. (Comedy Quotes) There’s this other world where all comedians want to do is make funny videos. Typically what’s happened in the past is that a comedian gets a standup career and over the course of 20 years builds it up to the point where Comedy Central gives them a sketch show. (Comedy Quotes) I think everybody has a point where they’re not going to cross that line. There were a couple of things with Comedy Central that we had to fight for. They were pretty cool about everything. I don’t think there was anything we really fought for that didn’t happen. (Comedy Quotes) Few years ago [Donald] Trump was being roasted by Comedy Central. They always have rules about things that you can’t joke about. Donald Trump’s rule at that time, the only thing that you couldn’t joke about was a suggestion that he has less money that he claimed to. (Comedy Quotes) Comedy will always be central to what I do, it’s just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been. (Comedy Quotes) I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I’d go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys. (Comedy Quotes) The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it. (Comedy Quotes) Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it’s painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it’s extremely painful. (Comedy Quotes) Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don’t like something, they let you know - with silence. (Comedy Quotes) I don’t believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don’t believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you’re trying material. (Comedy Quotes) There’s nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it’s going really well. I can see everybody’s face practically in the whole room. There’s no cameras in the way, and it’s just me. (Comedy Quotes) TV is easier: it’s all planned out for you and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over. (Comedy Quotes) I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins. (Comedy Quotes) With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody. (Comedy Quotes) I very rarely laugh. I remember I used to have a joy at comedy. I remember going to see Sean Lock for the first time live, just in some comedy club when I was 18, and again, just guttural, pure laughter. I didn’t know what he was doing; I couldn’t see the tricks. (Comedy Quotes) I think the process of ‘SNL’ is still pretty formal. You make an audition tape, your agent sends it in, they watch people’s tapes, and then they invite people to perform at a comedy club in Los Angeles or New York. But I don’t know how much actual scouting they do online. (Comedy Quotes) I did a ‘Last Comic Standing’ audition in 2006, where you’re just performing for three people in a comedy club, in a big comedy club, and I remember them cutting me off, asking about my name in the middle of one of my jokes. Yeah, it’s just real weird when you’re doing stand-up in that type of sterile, unnatural setting. (Comedy Quotes) Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You’ve got to - you’ve got the human game preserve to play off of. And it’s a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you’re playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics. (Comedy Quotes) People don’t come to a comedy club simply to hear someone’s thoughts, no matter how profound. (Comedy Quotes) It’s depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material. (Comedy Quotes) I just don’t get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That’s where jokes happen. (Comedy Quotes) Entertainers Of Faith, funnyman Jim Gaffigan isn’t ashamed of his Catholicism. He’s seen here leaving a New York comedy club with his Bible in hand. (Comedy Quotes) I took a job in a comedy club - not doing stand-up comedy, because that’s my idea of hell, but in the office - and I went traveling. (Comedy Quotes) If I’m not on tour, I can run down to the comedy club and do a little stand-up. If you’re an actor, you can’t go - I guess there’s forms of it. (Comedy Quotes) My dream is not Hollywood, but to perform my act in English to 30 people in a Soho comedy club, to show New Yorkers what they look like from the French point of view. (Comedy Quotes) So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian. (Comedy Quotes) I don’t really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it. (Comedy Quotes) I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it’s impossible and always was impossible to define. (Comedy Quotes)

1 - 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 - 73